Nigeria, April 28 -- Nigeria's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has debunked the report of an ongoing N15,000 palliative distribution to citizens across the country.

This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday and signed by the ministry's Director of Information, Patricia Deworitshe.

Mrs Deworitshe said an online media outlet "falsely claimed in its report that the ministry was in the process of distributing an instant relief fund of N15,000 to Nigerians."

PREMIUM TIMES however could not confirm the ministry's claim.

The statement urged the public to disregard the report as it is not currently engaged in disbursing funds of any amount to the public.

It reads in part: "The attention of the Federal Ministry of Health and S...