The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has denied giving out N15,000 as an Instant Relief Fund to the public as reported by an online media outlet.
Its Director of Information, Patricia Deworitshe in a terse statement on Saturday, warned the public not to be deceived by the publication as the Ministry has no plan for the disbursement of such funds.
The Ministry also denied the commencement of general recruitment into its hospitals, warning the public not to be deceived by online scammers
It reads: 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”.
The Ministry also denied to have commenced recruitment into its hospitals nationwide.
According to another statement from the Information Director, Deworitshe, the Ministry placed public announcements in two national dailies and was specific about the job placements.
The statement reads: “The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare wishes to inform the general public that the Ministry is not currently in the process of recruiting general staff for the hospitals.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Ministry placed an advertisement in the Daily Trust and Punch Newspapers of 18th April 2024, for the recruitment of Chief Medical Directors and Directors of Administration in some of the Federal Tertiary Hospitals only.
“The public is to note that the recruitment exercise is not for the Federal Ministry of Health as this falls under the purview of the Federal Civil Service Commission”.
