Ibadan, March 14, 2024 – The Oyo Sate Government has denied granting N20,000 award for Ramadan to some residents in the state.
The government made the denial in a statement signed by Sulaimon Olanrewaju, the Special Adviser (Media) to the governor.
He said the governor did not approve such fund and that the state would never do such thing in secrecy.
The statement reads: “The attention of the Oyo State Government has been drawn to a trending piece of fake news that Governor Makinde has approved N20,000 Ramadan 2024 Support Fund.
“The purveyors of the said fake news also put up a strange website where they urged residents to apply for the bogus fund.
“Please note that there is no ongoing N20,000 Ramadan Support Fund and that the piece of news did not originate from Oyo State Government.
“Governor Makinde has been running an open and transparent government and whatever intervention the government deems fit to add to already-existing measures to cushion the effects of economic hardship on residents of the state will not be done in obscurity.
“All residents of the state will be informed through the official channels of information and not some fraudulent, but widely circulated piece of news like the one on the Ramadan Support Fund.
“Kindly be cautious so as not to fall into the hands of fraudsters seeking to rip off unsuspecting people of their hard-earned resources.” (GBN)
