Health Ministry refutes disbursement of N15,000 instant Relief Fund claims

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has refuted claims that it is giving out Fifteen thousand Naira, (N15,000) Instant Relief Funds to the general public.

This was stated in a notice signed by the Ministry’s Director of Information, Patricia Deworitshe on Saturday, April 27, 2024.

The notice read, “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”.

Similarly, the Ministry also explained that it is not recruiting general staff for hospitals but only placed advertisements for the recruitment of Chief Medical Directors and Directors of Administration in some Federal Tertiary Hospitals.

It however advised the general public to be aware so as not to fall prey of fake news peddlers.

“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”, the Ministry explained.