₦airaland Forum

ThePussiologist:
You must be specially stupppid to believe anything that comes out of the white ppls mouth. don't you know that america has more fraudstaars than the whole africa? the try to tarnish the image of nigeria and you dumb fuckkers help them out. I don't believe that nonsense, statistics with no evidence. Go and learn or read so your brain can function on its own.
Whites and americans are bad ass scammers and fraudsters but nigeria is used as the scapegoat all the time. how about the fraud that was commited sometime ago and they were saying its a nigerian and at the end of the day they discovered that its a whiteman.

Almighty Solomon,

If not for the soiled name of the Nigerian nation, would they have used Nigeria to cover up their own corruption? Why are they not accusing Egyptians or even Ghanaians?

You all just read to quote and type trash, without reading. Why Nigeria! If not elements like you (pro-scammers) exhorting Scam as a medium of taking back all the things that were exploited from us in the times past, will they have seen a way of pegging all vices on us?

LeOstrich:
Washington state officials admitted losing "hundreds of millions of dollars" to an international fraud scheme, originating out of Nigeria, that robbed the state’s unemployment insurance system and could mean even longer delays for thousands of jobless workers still waiting for legitimate benefits.

As the Seattle Times reported, Suzi LeVine, commissioner of the state Employment Security Department (ESD), disclosed the staggering losses during a news conference Thursday afternoon. LeVine declined to specify how much money was stolen during the scam, which she said appears to be orchestrated out of Nigeria but she conceded that the amount was "orders of magnitude above" the $1.6 million that ESD reported losing to fraudsters in April.

While LeVine said state and law enforcement officials were working to recover as much of the stolen money as possible, she declined to say how much had been returned so far. She also said the ESD had taken “a number of steps” to prevent new fraudulent claims from being filed or paid but would not specify the steps to avoid alerting criminals.

Thursday’s disclosure helped explain the unusual surge in the number of new jobless claims filed last week in Washington, which as we showed this morning was the state with the highest weekly increase in claims.

On Wednesday, the state’s monthly employment report for April showed Washington with a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 15.4%, up from 5.1% in March. The national unemployment rate for April stood at 14.7%, seasonally adjusted.

For the week ending May 16, the ESD received 138,733 initial claims for unemployment insurance, a 26.8% increase over the prior week and one of the biggest weekly surges since the coronavirus crisis began. That sharp increase came as the number of initial jobless claims nationwide fell 9.2%, to 2.4 million, according to data released earlier in the day by the Labor Department.

Indeed, the surge in claims made Washington the state with the highest percentage of its civilian labor force filing unemployment claims – at 30.8%, according to an analysis by the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan Washington, D.C., think tank. Nevada, the next-highest state, reported claims from 24.5% of its civilian workforce.

It now appears that many of those claims were fictitious and emanated from some computer in Nigeria.

The disclosure came as the state was already struggling to process an unprecedented wave of legitimate jobless claims amid one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history. Some additional delays in benefits payments to legitimate claimants are likely as the ESD subjects all claims to more scrutiny.

“This makes me the most angry, and the most upset — that we need to delay payments to Washingtonians who need the benefits,” LeVine said adding that "we need to also build in more time for analysis. So going forward, we want to set expectations that we will add an additional one to two days to our processing time."

That delay follows a decision last Thursday to temporarily suspend benefit payments for two days. The delay came after the ESD disclosed that it had seen a surge in bogus claims reportedly filed by identity thieves who appeared to be targeting the extra-generous benefits available under federal pandemic relief legislation.

That same day, the Secret Service issued an alert describing Washington as the top target so far of a Nigerian fraud ring "exploiting the COVID-19 crisis to commit large-scale fraud against state unemployment insurance programs."

It remains unclear how the fraudulent benefit payments made their way all the way to Nigeria.

op is one of the yahoo

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joyandfaith:
op is one of the yahoo

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Russia, India are worse than Nigeria in identity crime, Americans, and a host of other nationalities do crime, its not just Nigeria.

Then tell me why this is the case, At any Immigration counter around the globe when they see a person travelling on Russian federation or Republic of India passports, they Talk nicely with sweet smile.
But when they see Green Nigerian Passport they see everyone with suspicion followed by rough questions almost like an interrogation, why?? There must be a reason for that?? and how to overcome that?

dederocs:
Russia, India are worse than Nigeria in identity crime, Americans, and a host of other nationalities do crime, its not just Nigeria.

Yenefer:
Nigerians Or ......

Nigerians or Yenefer come on spill it out

LeOstrich:
LeVine is a Jew.

This could be one of their heist which they routed through a Nigerian server/computer that they hacked from Tel Aviv.

Never ever trust a Jew rat.

including Russians

rationalhuman:
Then tell me why this is the case, At any Immigration counter around the globe when they see a person travelling on Russian federation or Republic of India passports, they Talk nicely with sweet smile.
But when they see Green Nigerian Passport they see everyone with suspicion followed by rough questions almost like an interrogation, why?? There must be a reason for that?? and how to overcome that?

it's simply because Nigeria is of the black race and a country in a continent they call dark land ，You can't put China,Russia and Nigeria in same line because we are barbaric when a Nigerian commits a crime but a white do same it's nt barbaric

Since Buhari has failed to
give COVID-19 palliatives, our boys
are collecting it from Trump!

[quote author=rationalhuman post=89837145]Then tell me why this is the case, At any Immigration counter around the globe when they see a person travelling on Russian federation or Republic of India passports, they Talk nicely with sweet smile.
But when they see Green Nigerian Passport they see everyone with suspicion followed by rough questions almost like an interrogation, why?? There must be a reason for that?? and how to overcome that?

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Maybe cos of the flashy lifestyle and exposure of Nigerians.

LeOstrich
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̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶b̶e̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶p̶a̶i̶d̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶w̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶s̶p̶e̶c̶i̶f̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶e̶p̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶v̶o̶i̶d̶ ̶a̶l̶e̶r̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶c̶r̶i̶m̶i̶n̶a̶l̶s̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶u̶r̶s̶d̶a̶y̶’̶s̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶c̶l̶o̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶h̶e̶l̶p̶e̶d̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶l̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶u̶n̶u̶s̶u̶a̶l̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶g̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶u̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶n̶e̶w̶ ̶j̶o̶b̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶w̶e̶e̶k̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶W̶a̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶t̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶w̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶w̶e̶e̶k̶l̶y̶ ̶i̶n̶c̶r̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶.̶ ̶O̶n̶ ̶W̶e̶d̶n̶e̶s̶d̶a̶y̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶’̶s̶ ̶m̶o̶n̶t̶h̶l̶y̶ ̶e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶p̶o̶r̶t̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶A̶p̶r̶i̶l̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶w̶e̶d̶ ̶W̶a̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶t̶o̶n̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶a̶d̶j̶u̶s̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶u̶n̶e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶r̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶1̶5̶.̶4̶%̶,̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶5̶.̶1̶%̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶M̶a̶r̶c̶h̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶u̶n̶e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶r̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶A̶p̶r̶i̶l̶ ̶s̶t̶o̶o̶d̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶1̶4̶.̶7̶%̶,̶ ̶s̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶a̶d̶j̶u̶s̶t̶e̶d̶.̶ ̶F̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶e̶e̶k̶ ̶e̶n̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶M̶a̶y̶ ̶1̶6̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶E̶S̶D̶ ̶r̶e̶c̶e̶i̶v̶e̶d̶ ̶1̶3̶8̶,̶7̶3̶3̶ ̶i̶n̶i̶t̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶u̶n̶e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶s̶u̶r̶a̶n̶c̶e̶,̶ ̶a̶ ̶2̶6̶.̶8̶%̶ ̶i̶n̶c̶r̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶o̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶o̶r̶ ̶w̶e̶e̶k̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶g̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶w̶e̶e̶k̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶g̶e̶s̶ ̶s̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶r̶o̶n̶a̶v̶i̶r̶u̶s̶ ̶c̶r̶i̶s̶i̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶g̶a̶n̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶s̶h̶a̶r̶p̶ ̶i̶n̶c̶r̶e̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶u̶m̶b̶e̶r̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶i̶n̶i̶t̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶j̶o̶b̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶n̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶w̶i̶d̶e̶ ̶f̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶9̶.̶2̶%̶,̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶2̶.̶4̶ ̶m̶i̶l̶l̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶a̶c̶c̶o̶r̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶a̶t̶a̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶e̶a̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶e̶a̶r̶l̶i̶e̶r̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶L̶a̶b̶o̶r̶ ̶D̶e̶p̶a̶r̶t̶m̶e̶n̶t̶.̶ ̶I̶n̶d̶e̶e̶d̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶g̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶m̶a̶d̶e̶ ̶W̶a̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶t̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶p̶e̶r̶c̶e̶n̶t̶a̶g̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶c̶i̶v̶i̶l̶i̶a̶n̶ ̶l̶a̶b̶o̶r̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶c̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶u̶n̶e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶–̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶3̶0̶.̶8̶%̶,̶ ̶a̶c̶c̶o̶r̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶a̶l̶y̶s̶i̶s̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶T̶a̶x̶ ̶F̶o̶u̶n̶d̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶a̶ ̶n̶o̶n̶p̶a̶r̶t̶i̶s̶a̶n̶ ̶W̶a̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶t̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶D̶.̶C̶.̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶t̶a̶n̶k̶.̶ ̶N̶e̶v̶a̶d̶a̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶x̶t̶-̶h̶i̶g̶h̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶,̶ ̶r̶e̶p̶o̶r̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶2̶4̶.̶5̶%̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶c̶i̶v̶i̶l̶i̶a̶n̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶f̶o̶r̶c̶e̶.̶ ̶I̶t̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶a̶p̶p̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶r̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶c̶t̶i̶t̶i̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶e̶m̶a̶n̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶u̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶N̶i̶g̶e̶r̶i̶a̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶c̶l̶o̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶s̶ ̶a̶l̶r̶e̶a̶d̶y̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶u̶g̶g̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶u̶n̶p̶r̶e̶c̶e̶d̶e̶n̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶w̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶l̶e̶g̶i̶t̶i̶m̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶j̶o̶b̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶a̶m̶i̶d̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶s̶t̶ ̶e̶c̶o̶n̶o̶m̶i̶c̶ ̶c̶r̶i̶s̶e̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶U̶.̶S̶.̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶t̶o̶r̶y̶.̶ ̶S̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶d̶e̶l̶a̶y̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶b̶e̶n̶e̶f̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶l̶e̶g̶i̶t̶i̶m̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶a̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶E̶S̶D̶ ̶s̶u̶b̶j̶e̶c̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶s̶c̶r̶u̶t̶i̶n̶y̶.̶ ̶“̶T̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶m̶a̶k̶e̶s̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶g̶r̶y̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶u̶p̶s̶e̶t̶ ̶—̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶d̶e̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶W̶a̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶t̶o̶n̶i̶a̶n̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶n̶e̶f̶i̶t̶s̶,̶”̶ ̶L̶e̶V̶i̶n̶e̶ ̶s̶a̶i̶d̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶"̶w̶e̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶b̶u̶i̶l̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶n̶a̶l̶y̶s̶i̶s̶.̶ ̶S̶o̶ ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶w̶a̶r̶d̶,̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶e̶t̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶e̶c̶t̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶w̶e̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶w̶o̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶.̶"̶ ̶T̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶d̶e̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶f̶o̶l̶l̶o̶w̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶e̶c̶i̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶T̶h̶u̶r̶s̶d̶a̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶e̶m̶p̶o̶r̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶u̶s̶p̶e̶n̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶n̶e̶f̶i̶t̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶w̶o̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶s̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶l̶a̶y̶ ̶c̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶a̶f̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶E̶S̶D̶ ̶d̶i̶s̶c̶l̶o̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶d̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶g̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶b̶o̶g̶u̶s̶ ̶c̶l̶a̶i̶m̶s̶ ̶r̶e̶p̶o̶r̶t̶e̶d̶l̶y̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶i̶d̶e̶n̶t̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶e̶v̶e̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶a̶p̶p̶e̶a̶r̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶t̶a̶r̶g̶e̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶t̶r̶a̶-̶g̶e̶n̶e̶r̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶n̶e̶f̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶v̶a̶i̶l̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶ ̶f̶e̶d̶e̶r̶a̶l̶ ̶p̶a̶n̶d̶e̶m̶i̶c̶ ̶r̶e̶l̶i̶e̶f̶ ̶l̶e̶g̶i̶s̶l̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶s̶a̶m̶e̶ ̶d̶a̶y̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶S̶e̶c̶r̶e̶t̶ ̶S̶e̶r̶v̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶s̶u̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶l̶e̶r̶t̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶c̶r̶i̶b̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶W̶a̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶t̶o̶n̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶p̶ ̶t̶a̶r̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶f̶a̶r̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶ ̶N̶i̶g̶e̶r̶i̶a̶n̶ ̶f̶r̶a̶u̶d̶ ̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶"̶e̶x̶p̶l̶o̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶O̶V̶I̶D̶-̶1̶9̶ ̶c̶r̶i̶s̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶m̶i̶t̶ ̶l̶a̶r̶g̶e̶-̶s̶c̶a̶l̶e̶ ̶f̶r̶a̶u̶d̶ ̶a̶g̶a̶i̶n̶s̶t̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶u̶n̶e̶m̶p̶l̶o̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶s̶u̶r̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶g̶r̶a̶m̶s̶.̶"̶ ̶I̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶m̶a̶i̶n̶s̶ ̶u̶n̶c̶l̶e̶a̶r̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶r̶a̶u̶d̶u̶l̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶n̶e̶f̶i̶t̶ ̶p̶a̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶m̶a̶d̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶i̶r̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶N̶i̶g̶e̶r̶i̶a̶.̶ ̶