The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, contradicts those contending that the proposed N8,000 palliative by the Federal Government will not do a lot to pad the impacts of the removal of fuel subsidy on poor Nigerians.
"We were sharing just N5,000 and accept me there were such countless individuals that were hanging tight for that N5,000 consistently. For sure there were a few networks that had the option to do some sort of commitments and they had the option to do a ton in their different networks. Thus, N8,000 may not be such a lot of cash to certain individuals, yet it is a great deal to such countless others who are from exceptionally unfortunate families that don't see N8,000 consistently. Thus, mainly, let us distinguish those families" Governor Sule said
Source had revealed before that President Tinubu in a letter to the House of Representatives, expressed that N8000 will be dispensed to 12 million families as a component of measures to pad the financial difficulty being capable by numerous Nigerians because of the fuel subsidy removal.
In a gathering on Thursday, the National Executive Council (NEC) settled on palliative measures for Nigerians. In the gathering which was led by VP Kashim Shettima and furthermore went to by governors of the 36 conditions of the Federation, NEC concurred that money moves would be done through state social registers rather than national social registers subject to state quirks. Governor Sule conceded that there were issues with the national social register, adding that there were situations where individuals who shouldn't be in the social register gathering assets from the government.
He, in any case, said that the governors are not saying that the national social register ought to be disposed of however that regions where revisions are required ought to be investigated.
