Edu warns: Child support scheme platform fake, not from us

Maureen Aguta

The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has warned Nigerian not fall victim of a bogus child support scheme circulating in the social media with the title “Federal Government’s ₦50,000 Child Support Fund for all Nigerian parents is ongoing”

A statement by Rasheed Olanrewaju Zubair, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Minister, MHAPA, stated that the said scheme and the accompanying links arefake as they did not emanate from the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

It said that all social intervention schemes of the Ministry are well documented, in the public domain, and are brought to the notice of Nigerians through proper channels.

“The so-called “Child Support Scheme” is fake and is not and can never be any of the Ministry’s schemes.

“The general public is hereby alerted that undesirable elements whose sole agenda is to mislead and defraud unsuspecting Nigerians are behind the fake scheme advertisement and link.’

Edu however disclosed that security agents have swung into action to unmask the unpatriotic elements behind the intended scam, warning Nigerians to ignore the link to avoid being defrauded of their hard-earned money.