{"id":4691,"date":"2020-04-08T13:54:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T12:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=4691"},"modified":"2020-04-08T13:59:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T12:59:40","slug":"conditional-cash-transfer-initiative-not-ethnic-biased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/conditional-cash-transfer-initiative-not-ethnic-biased\/","title":{"rendered":"Conditional Cash Transfer Initiative NOT Ethnic-biased"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A publication in Akelicious.net<\/a> alarmingly announces that the government\u2019s conditional cash transfer programme seeks to exempt Igbos, crediting its claim to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Save the fact that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs expressly rebuffed these assertions, the site in question retracted the post. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In banner headlines, also circulated on WhatsApp, Akelicious.net<\/a>, claims that: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Evidently designed to trigger ethnonational ill feelings, the article promptly triggered a response from the group OYC<\/a> which demanded the minister’s resignation or sack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retracted story<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dubawa<\/strong> initial investigations found that the publisher subsequently deleted the report, ensuring there were no archived versions either.  However, other sites<\/a> sourcing the same message<\/a> from Akelicious.net<\/a> carried the same news, the most famous of which is Biafra news 24<\/em>, a Facebook page<\/a>, notorious for ethnic and sectarian sentiments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following the aftermath of COVD-19 locally, President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration announced a number of palliatives to cushion the effect of a national lockdown through a conditional cash transfer programme.<\/a> But with respect to the claims of  Akelicious.net<\/a>, no reputed media organisation [legacy or internet-based] reported the exclusion of any particular state, ethnic group,  or region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Update: Payments on the platform of the Conditional Cash Transfer is ongoing in Anambra, Sokoto, Jigawa, Katsina, FCT and Yobe states. #NigerianHumanitarian<\/a> #lockdown<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/KYTnf9oW8Q<\/a><\/p>— Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs (@fmha_pa) April 4, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>