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Following intense criticism of his istration’s plan to pay N8,000 monthly to 12 million vulnerable persons as palliative to cushion the adverse effect of petrol subsidy removal, President Bola Tinubu has directed the review of the cash transfer policy.

This was announced on Tuesday by Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President (Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy).

He said the government will now unveil a complete package of palliatives to Nigerians.

The presidential spokesman announced the approval by the president for the immediate release of fertilizers and grains to approximately 50 million farmers and households, respectively, in all 36 states and the FCT.

Alake said: “You will agree with me that it has become part of the culture of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s istration to dialogue with Nigerians who voted him into office constantly.

“The President covenanted with Nigerians that their welfare and security will be topmost in the Renewed Hope Agenda of his government.

In the last few days, the conventional and new media platforms have become awash with stories of the government intending to embark on conditional cash transfers to vulnerable households mostly affected by the painful but necessary decision to remove subsidy from petrol.

“The story has been widely reported that the Federal Government is proposing to give 12 million households from the poorest of the poor N8,000 monthly for a period of six months as government palliative to reduce the discomfort being experienced by Nigerians consequent upon subsidy removal.

“A lot of ill-informed imputations have been read into the programme by not a few naysayers.

“The istration believes in the maxim that when there is prohibition, there must be provision.

“Since subsidy, the hydra-headed monster threatening to kill the economy, has been stopped, the government has emplaced a broad spectrum of reliefs to help Nigerians.

“While it should be noted that the cash programme is not the only item in the whole gamut of relief package of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as a listening leader who has vowed to always put Nigerians at the heart of his policy and programme, the President has directed as follows:

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

“That the whole gamut of the palliative package of government is unveiled to Nigerians.

“Immediate release of fertilizers and grains to approximately 50 million farmers and households respectively in all the 36 states and the FCT.

“The President further assures Nigerians that the N500 billion approved by parliament to cushion the pain occasioned by the end of the subsidy regime will be judiciously utilized.

“The beneficiaries of the reliefs shall be Nigerians irrespective of their ethnic, religious, or political affiliation.

“President Bola Tinubu has always promised to prioritize the well-being of Nigerians, and he is irrevocably committed to the vow. A number of decisions taken so far by this istration have buttressed this stance.

“You will recall that the President took a similar decision after listening to complaints from the business community/stakeholders about burdensome taxes, particularly the multiplicity of taxes they are made to experience. This warranted the g of four (4) Executive Orders cancelling some classes of taxes while suspending the implementation dates of others.

“In addition, the President has also set up a Tax Reform/Fiscal Policy Committee to bring up recommendations that will engender a wholesome fiscal environment for the country and remove anti-business barriers.

“I wish to assure Nigerians that President Tinubu will continue to be a listening leader whose ears will not be dull to the views expressed by the citizenry. The President believes government exists to cater to the interest of the people, and he has demonstrated this so clearly.”

https://tribuneonlineng.com/tinubu-bows-to-pressure-orders-review-of-n8000-payment-to-12m-households/

He has no option. Well, I never liked his style of rulership. Agberoism and toutism are the basis of his government. Can anything good ever come out of this evil party and fraudulent government?

May the review of the cash transfer policy favour sane Nigerians and their family

What's all these hype and attention of 8k?

Do y’all even realize 8k is $10?

I mean a whole household $10 for month?

That’s 10 liters of fuel

Tinubu is the most f00lish human being on earth

Will 8k be enough for Tinubu to sniff cocaine?

My happiness is that even those who voted Tinibu is in this with us together

Dead body go surplus

Ndi strategist. Who are those advising this old man The same nonsense Buhari did for 8 years, you want to continue with it

Na dem go still hoard am and use their criminal elements to sell them to the farmers.
Just like mosquito nets.

An unprepared government

How can I have access to the grains?

I thought they said this man is very smart

Damm

Damnnn niggar
Pussy asss president
That is not the solution...we should unite first
Grab my weed and bottle while i listen to ras kimono "under pressure "
Isa wicked situation we ing through right now in are we nation..the people dem ma suffer...fuel 600+ a litre
Shege reloaded....Imagine no protest from Nigerians
lets start telling ourselves the truth and stop pretending if not this nation will be doomed in the nearest future
When a person from the three major tribe is the president..forget it you won't see a united protest from the masses...endsars protest the north didn't participate because their son was the president
Now with the hell we have been subjected to still no protest will happen because a son from a major tribe is the president( tinubu)...same thing will also occur if igbo man is the president

The only time we can see a united protest is when a person from minority tribe becomes the president...take for example subsidy removal of Jonathan in 2012...the whole nation united and there was protest despite the cheap and low cost of things...lets stop pretending...

It's easier for the big three to unite against a minority president than for the country to unite against a president from any of the big three. So unfortunate. That's the tragedy of Nigeria. We are doomed...please spread this news to every youth so we can unite..I'm not only a weed smoker, a pussy banger, a keyboard warrior And a drunkard but me I tell you I think critically..they don't know..zion greetings to all my fellow youth..lets move from babbylon to zion

Xscape1993:
He has no option. Well, I never liked his style of rulership. Agberoism and toutism are the basis of his government. Can anything good ever come out of this evil party and fraudulent government?

Read your comment slowly, then read the post and see if you made any sense relating to the post.

Better

slawomir:
Damnnn niggar

Oya paste

Increase minimum wage simple

Hmmm

There is rain before the sun.
There is no magical way to fix Nigeria. Since they discovered oil in Nigeria has the price of PMS come down or gone up? Dollar Nko? The Elite dey chop billions from this illegal currency evaluation. No matter who won this election this is exactly where we would be because this same corrupt structure has always been in place. There's no magic to it like say person become president today, tomorrow, Dollar is 400 and petrol is 300

suffering

8k will favour me and my family. Una never see anything

Renewed shege pro max in action.

2 step forward and 10 step backwards.

The issue is not the said 8k or 50million fertilizer to Farmers, but will it get to the right people

After the 8k and 50million what have u, if u on your own take census of the people who the palliatives gets to, u will count over 100people without any of them receiving it. E.g covid19 palliative. I.e, another avenue for heartless individual to thief

Use this money fix refineries or boost local production of PMS so that crud refined here will be much more den what we have now. That is the number one thing I expected PresidentTinubu to do before anoucing removal of subsidy.

#500 per/lt of fuel no easy oo
And now #750/lt na die oo

donbachi:
Na dem go still hoard am and use their criminal elements to sell them to the farmers.
Just like mosquito nets.

I need a book on how to satisfy igbo people can you help with that please?

Mumu

The Guy thinks he is still dealing with Agberos in Lagos.

The President that listens

Haters , cannibals, terrorists and pigs will still cry.
Even if Jagaban dash dem family 1 million per month, they will still wail.
Foolish pigs them