…demands apology
ABUJA— The Federal Government yesterday asked the Sony Corporation to withdraw with immediate effect and tender an unreserved apology for posting an advertisement on the internet portraying Nigeria as a home of fraud where its citizens hardly do genuine business.
The advert in question is currently circulating on youtube.com, facebook.com and other international websites.
It was posted on the internet by Sony Corporation for more than one reasons, including marketing her products.
The Minister of Information and Communication, Prof Dora Akunyili said contrary to the insinuations being made, “Nigeria remains a major investment destination and a country where most businesses thrive in trust, good faith, competence and integrity.
According to the statement, “Nigeria also demands an unconditional apology from Sony Corporation for this deliberate negative campaign against the country’s image and reputation.
“The apology must be given the same measure of publicity by Sony Corporation in all channels where the unfortunate adverts were aired.
“In the light of the above, the Federal Government of Nigeria requests Sony Corporation to immediately withdraw that advertisement from circulation.”
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, then it’s a duck.
The Nigerian government might feel obligated to defend Nigeria’s reputation, but that defense sounds (and is) completely ridiculous in this case. The majority of Internet users’ experience with Nigerians is by Nigerian scams (a.k.a. spanish prisoner / 419 / advance fee fraud), and the vast majority of Nigerian scams are, as the name implies, done by Nigerians.
If the Nigerian government wishes to protect Nigeria’s reputation, then it should ensure that Nigerian scammers are prosecuted & shut down. Don’t try to blame SONY or demand an APOLOGY for speaking the TRUTH– just change the truth by using Nigeria’s police force for something other than directing traffic.
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