(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Maku1-300x199.jpg) The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku has called on people in the habit of misusing the Social Media to peddle slanderous remarks to embrace the fear of God and decency for their own good and that of the society.
Mr. Maku's call was in reaction to a publication in an online medium, Newsdiary, claiming that First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan was purported to be interfering in some appointments in the Federal Ministry of Information and parastatals under the Ministry's supervision.
Dismissing the publication in a statement through his Press Secretary, Joseph Mutah, in a press release on Tuesday, as a cocktail of lies and the handiwork of vicious characters who specialise in tarnishing the good reputation of decent people and leaders in the society, the Minister said: "It is absolutely false the report which attempted to connect the First Lady, Dame Dr. Patience Goodluck Jonathan to issues of appointment in the Federal Ministry of Information. The report is false and malicious".
The statement read "the report shows how very low some people can go in abusing the reputation of the social media in our country. They offer fiction and slander freely to the public without conscience.
"They neither respect the laws of the land nor fear God. They continue to destroy the well-earned reputation of worthy citizens and leaders for selfish reasons.
"We urge those peddling this slander and similar slanders in the social media to search their conscience and redeem themselves from the path of destruction they have subjected our society to.
"They should leave this ignoble task and embrace God and decency for the good of themselves and the society".
Via: Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Nigeria