FG’s N50,000 child support to parents is fake news: Ministry
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, has described as fake the purported Federal Government’s N50,000 Child Support Grant for all Nigerian parents trending on social media.
The ministry’s Director of Information, Rhoda Iliya, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja described the information as fake.
The statement cautioned parents to be wary of fraudsters trying to scam them.
The statement indicated, “This is a scam trending on social media and the ministry has tagged it as fake news. We are not aware of this registration portal and if the ministry will undertake such programmes there will be a proper enlightenment. Nigerians should be careful, do not be victims of these scammers on social media. Also alert your families, friends and well wishers not to apply.” the statement added. (NAN)
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