EOnyebuchi zigbo in Abuja
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has dismissed report that it was giving out N15,000 instant relief funds to members of the public.
A statement by the Director of Information in the ministry, Patricia Deworitshe, said the ministry is not giving our any such gift, urging the public to disregard such misinformation.
The statement said: “The attention of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has been drawn to an online publication in the media that the ministry is giving out fifteen thousand Naira (N15,000) INSTANT RELIEF FUNDS, to the public .
“The general public is to be informed that the Ministry is not in the process of giving such money.
The public is to note and beware as the information is not from the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare”.
