Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national
planning, says her ministry did not request donations from the public to tackle
coronavirus in the country.
In a statement on Sunday, Yunusa Abdullahi, special adviser
on media & communications to the minister, dissociated the ministry from a
letter circulating on social media requesting donations from the public.
Abdullahi said the letter was a ruse to deceive the public
and defraud them.
He said the ministry did not at any point appeal to the
public for donation, and that neither has it received any donation to that
effect.
The spokesman described the letter as a scam and asked the
public to disregard it.
“The attention of the Ministry of Finance Budget and
National Planning has been drawn to the activities of fraudsters impersonating
the Ministry in an attempt to defraud unsuspecting members of the public,” the
statement read.
“Of particular concern to the Ministry is the recent
purported letter circulating on Social Media and part olds content reads thus
‘DONATIONS SO FAR FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID -19 IN NIGERIA” referenced
FMF/HMF/EFCC1S-EFFE-REC/2020/1, and dated 28th March, 2020
“The purported letter mentioned names of notable Nigenans
including Aliko Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu, Tony Elemelu, Jim Ovia, Tuface
Idibia, Atiku Abubakar, NNPC, Access Bank, among others.
“The letter concluded by appealing to Nigerians to “Please
give the little you have to aid the fight against Covid-19 Nothing is too
small.”
“We wish to inform all members of the public particularly
members of the social media community that by this statement the Federal
Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and the Office of the
Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning disassociate
itself from the purported donations and letter. It is fake, it is a SCAM.
“The Minister has, therefore, called on all Nigerians and
the general public to disregard the letter for what it is —a SCAM. The Ministry
has neither put out a request for donations nor received any.
“The Ministry also wishes to warn the general public that it
will not be liable for any financial transaction which may have transpired
between people and scammers who have created emails or social media accounts in
the name of the Ministry or principal officers of the Ministry.
“Accordingly, the Ministry wishes to advise all members of
the public to desist from transacting business(es) with imposters as doing so
would be at their own risk.”
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