President Tinubu Gives Fresh Directive on 8k Palliative

• President Bola Tinubu has ordered that the N8000 palliative that was earlier said would be transferred to 12 million households to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal be reviewed
• Dele Alake, the spokesperson to the president, added that Bola Tinubu also said the total package of the palliatives should be unveiled to Nigerians
• While vowing always to prioritise the welfare of Nigerians, the president ordered that fertilisers and grains should be released to 50 million farmers and households

FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has ordered that the proposed N8000 conditional cash transfer to Nigerians to cushion the fuel subsidy removal's effect be immediately reviewed.

According to The Cable, the spokesperson to the president, Dele Alake, declared that Tinubu ordered that the whole package of the palliative by the government should be unveiled to the people of Nigeria.

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The statement partly reads:

“The N8,000 conditional cash transfer programme envisaged to bring succour to most vulnerable households be reviewed immediately. This is in deference to the views expressed by Nigerians against it.”

Last week, the president revealed a plan for a monthly N8,000 transfer to 12 million households for six months to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal.

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President Tinubu's intention was disclosed in a letter on the floor of the House of Representatives on the loan request of $800 million by the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for the social safety net programme.

But Alake, on Tuesday, July 18, Alake disclosed that President Tinubu had always vowed to prioritise Nigerians' concerns in his policy and programmes.

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Adding that this was why the President has ordered that the scheme should be immediately reviewed and the that the whole palliative package should be unveiled to Nigerians.

In his statement, President Tinubu also ordered that fertilisers and grains be immediately released to 50 million farmers and households nationwide and the FCT.

Dariye, others who served as governors with Tinubu but have been convicted

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu meeting with his 1999 class of governors on Wednesday, July 12, at the presidential villa was an eye-opening moment into what has happened to some part of them in the last two decades since they were first sworn in.

The former governors were the first set of elected state executives on the return of democracy to the country in 1999 after 16 years of military rule in Nigeria.

Source: Legit.ng