{"id":111848,"date":"2024-05-09T18:07:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=111848"},"modified":"2024-05-09T18:07:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:07:54","slug":"presidency-accuses-peter-obi-of-fake-news-denies-microsoft-centre-shutdown-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/presidency-accuses-peter-obi-of-fake-news-denies-microsoft-centre-shutdown-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidency Accuses Peter Obi Of Fake News, Denies Microsoft Centre Shutdown In Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-f:1798592061333881954\" data-legacy-message-id=\"18f5e1f34fa4c462\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":oi\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":oh\" class=\"a3s aiL \">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Presidency has denied media reports about the closure of the Africa Development Centre (ADC), a Microsoft\u2019s ambitious initiative in Africa, focused on developing local solutions with global impact while creating employment opportunities and fostering technological innovation on the continent.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pointblanknews.com had earlier learnt that Microsoft, the American technology giant, has closed the Centre sited in Lagos, Nigeria, and laid off all its workers at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>But, the Presidency said the report was untrue, blaming what it called the \u2018incorrect media report\u2019 on the alleged sensationalism of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on New Media, Olusegun Dada, who denied the closure of ADC by Microsoft via his X handle on Thursday, said the tech giant was only re-aligning roles within the business, and only few persons will certainly be impacted.<\/p>\n<p>Dada wrote: \u201cThe story that Microsoft is shutting down Nigeria office is not true. Africa Development Centre is just a department within Microsoft business in Nigeria. Contrary to incorrect media reports and @PeterObi\u2019s naked dance, the Africa Development Centre is also not shutting down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMicrosoft, like any other organisation, is only re-aligning roles within the business, and few roles will certainly be impacted. Affected staff, which are less than 30, will be asked to apply for new roles within Microsoft \u2013 a standard practice within the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who can\u2019t find new roles in other departments or those who want to seek new opportunities outside the system will be asked to go. 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