no, nigerian minister didn’t say 17.3 million children were fed as part of covid-19 relief
no, nigerian minister didn’t say 17.3 million children were fed as part of covid-19 relief
a facebook post attributed a fake quote to sadiya farouq, nigeria’s minister of humanitarian affairs, in which she said 17.3 million children were fed as part of a covid-19 relief effort. in fact, the program targeted only 3.1 million households and the ministry denied this quote
claims nigeria’s minister of humanitarian affairs said, "we have successfully fed 17.3 million children in their homes from 96 selected local government areas in nigeria"
create false hope about the reach of nigeria's covid-19 relief efforts
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