— Man's Not Barry Roux Some hours later, other social media users in Nigeria began to circulate the post, claiming it was made by the country’s minister of health.A post made by a Nigerian Twitter user @Ekwulu now has more than 2,000 likes and 1,000 retweets.-Nigerian Health Minister.HOW TRUE IS THIS STATEMENT?When TheCable contacted Mamora, minister of state for health, he said such a statement did not emerge from him, Ehanire or the ministry.
A review of the ministry’s social media pages and website shows there are no videos or statements issued to back up the claim. Most of the posts did not state when or where the statement was made. Also, no credible news platform in the country has published such a statement credited to the health minister.The claim that the health minister said there will be free DNA tests in government hospitals from June is false.
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