By Bisola Adeyemo
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has denied issuing any form to the general public for access to funds for agribusiness.
This information was contained in a statement from the ministry issued on Wednesday, through a tweet on its official Twitter handle.
While describing it as a scam, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that in line with the policy and protocol of the ministry, such empowerment programmes will always be made public on the ministry’s website and across social media platforms of the ministry.
“The attention of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has been drawn to a fake empowerment form from the ministry.
“This is to notify members of the public that the ministry did not issue an empowerment form to access fund for agribusiness as being currently circulated. It is a scam.
“In line with the policy of the ministry, such empowerment programme will always be made public on the ministry website and across social media platforms of the ministry. Be careful.”
Recently, The Federal Government has been forced to warn the general public against the activities of some fraudsters, who are out to take advantage of the different government’s empowerment schemes to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians.
In January, the government had to warn members of the public, who wish to apply for the MSME Survival Fund to beware of fraudulent websites demanding account details before giving applicants N50,000.
