Federal Government Debunks Tinubu’s N50,000 Grant Scheme

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has debunked a grant scheme being circulated on social media as ‘President Bola Tinubu’s N50,000 Cash Grant’ to Nigerians.

Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations of NITDA, made this known in a statement on Wednesday.

While cautioning Nigerians about the scheme, Umar said that the website associated with the grant was a phishing website designed to mislead unsuspecting citizens.

She said NITDA-Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (NITDA-CERRT) urged the public to avoid clicking on unknown links.

“The website ‘https://thryt.com/50k-CashGrants, is a phishing website that tends to lure users into divulging their personal information, such as full names, phone number, home address, email address and bank account details, such as name of bank and account number.

“Avoid clicking on this website and other similar websites, which can lead to divulging personal information in order not to fall prey to cyber criminals.”

She explained that the government would always communicate such information via the appropriate agency supervising such programmes, should there be any.

Umar advised the public to contact the agency’s CERRT on email via [email protected]. ng, phone number- +234 817 877 4580, web address- www.cerrt.ng.