Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- Chairman of Kursi Investment Limited, Ambassador Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki-Gambari has distanced himself from a purported N50,000 youth empowerment scheme circulating online, describing the publication as false and unauthorised.

The disassociation was contained in a statement issued by the Amba New Media Team, which said the attention of Amba House had been drawn to an online publication claiming that the politician was offering N50,000 cash assistance to youths through a website.

The team said Yahaya Seriki had no knowledge of, connection with or involvement in the purported empowerment scheme.

It described the publication as false and stressed that it did not represent any official announcement or initiative by the...