Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has dismissed reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N30,000 relief package to be given to every Nigerian with a Bank Verification Number (BVN) over the lockdown of economic activities due to the coronavirus.
Mr Adesina was alleged to have announced the presidential approval of N30,000 package in a statement.
The fake statement read: ”The President announced the relief package to be given out N30,000 to every Nigerian who has a verified BVN account to ease pressure posed by the order to lockdown economic activities,
“The N30,000 relief fund will be given to every Nigerian with verified BVN account. I am sure the fund will go a long way to help Nigerians stock up their home during the stay-at-home order by the Government.”
However, in a tweet on Saturday, Adesina said the supposed approval was concocted by those he described as “fake news peddlers”.
He said: “Fake news peddlers have concocted a statement, purportedly issued by me, saying FG will pay N30,000 to each Nigerian with BVN, to help them stock up before an impending national lockdown. Not me.