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Federal Government has refuted news making round on social media that it would soon make Dr Deoxyribonucleic Acid tests popularly known as free DNA tests free for Nigerians.
The refutation was made Dr Olorunmimbe Mamora, the Minister of State while speaking with some journalists in Abuja.
It would be recalled that some Nigerians took to the popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, with claims that Dr Mamora had said government hospitals and clinics would conduct free DNA tests and the tweets had generated several reactions.
While certain individuals expressed joy at the opportunity of exposing paternity fraud, other citizens wondered if the government would be able to finance the free tests.
A twitter user with the username Chijioke, P.HD, had wrote “There will be free DNA test in government owned hospitals from June this year. -Nigerian Health Minister”. Another user, with the username, Omotayo of Lagos wrote, “Nigerian government just announced that starting from June this year, DNA test will be run for free of charge at government hospitals, no more fathering kids that ain’t yours, a big win for Nigerian men and faithful women”
However, Dr Mamora maintains that “At no point did I or the minister say this. The claims about free DNA tests are not true.”
