Traditional rulers in Epe Division, Lagos state, have appealed to all the tiers of government not to hoard food palliatives but distribute them accordingly by targeting the downtrodden or needy. They made the plea in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Epe on Thursday....
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The Department of State Services (DSS) says its operatives have arrested some officials of the Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA) and their accomplices for allegedly diverting palliatives meant for the citizens. DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Dr....
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – A member representing Jalingo 1 constituency in Taraba State House of Assembly (TSHA) under the platform of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Hon. Umar Adamu Sarki has distributed food items and cash to one thousand people in a bid to cushion the current...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Apparently perturbed by the increasing economic hardship associated with removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government and its attendant high prices of commodities, member representing Jere federal constituency at the House of Representatives, Engr. Ahmed Satomi has contracted 15 filling stations within...
The Sokoto State Government has approved N20.3 billion for the purchase of food stuffs to caution the effect of fuel subsidy removal and other projects in the state. Alhaji Jabir Mai-Hula, the state Commissioner for Religious Affairs, made this known to newsmen after the maiden Executive Council meeting...
Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has called on Nigerians to embrace agriculture, saying that it provides a lasting solution to fuel subsidy removal. Governor Eno made the call on Friday during the September edition of the monthly Covenant Service at the Government House Banquet Hall, Uyo. He...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Government has released names of its Palliative Distribution Committee as demanded by a coalition of civil society even as it flaunts its credentials as a responsive, accountable and public spirited government. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the government said...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr Mohammed Idris, says President Bola Tinubu is committed to ameliorating the temporary pains of Nigerians over fuel subsidy in shortest time possible. Idris stated this when he received Gov. Mohammed Bago of Niger, who paid him a courtesy visit on...
Some residents of Bauchi, Gombe and Dutse have urged the state governors not to politicise the Federal Government’s palliative to facilitate successful implementation of the programme. They also called for engagement of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and stakeholders to mobilise participation in the programme. The stakeholders including civil society...
Some federal workers have urged the Federal Government to speedily repair the refineries in the country to mitigate the high cost of living following the removal of fuel subsidy. In a survey conducted among some federal workers in Ondo, Ekiti and Osun states by the News Agency of...
In an interview with journalists recently, the Elegboro of Ijebu-Jesa in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Moses Oluwafemi Agunsoye stated that “no one can sit on the throne as a monarch nowadays without having good money”. According to the first class monarch, “gone are...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Saturday, announced the allocation of N36.4 million for distribution of N30,000 each as palliatives to 1,215 National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state. The governor, who visited the NYSC orientation camp at the...
Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has vowed to make example of anyone found to be engage in sabotaging the distribution of the Federal Government’s palliative in the state. Yahaya gave the warning during the palliative distribution exercise at the Gombe Emir’s Palace, on Wednesday in Gombe. He...
The Katsina State Government on Wednesday confirmed receipt of N2 billion out of the N5 billion palliative approved to the states by the Federal Government. Dr Bala Salisu-Zango, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Culture and Home Affairs made the clarification while reacting to insinuation that the federal government...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otunba Segun Sowunmi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu for appointing 48 ministers in his cabinet, saying it is a waste of public funds. Showunmi said this when he addressed a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that Nigeria was...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, announced an increase in the number of households being targeted for palliatives from 300,000 to 400,000 households. Each household will be made up of six family members to be multiplied by 400,000 which, by...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Government has updated the general public about the palliative delivery from the Federal Government just as it is finalizing the template for distribution to residents of the state. The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Hon Kolapo Alimi, in a...
The National Association of Persons with Physical Disabilities (NAPWPD) has demanded a five per cent share of the N5 billion palliative approved by the Federal Government for states and local government councils. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government has approved the disbursement of...
The Federal Government has approved N5bn for each state to enable them to procure food items for distribution to the poor in their respective states. Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State disclosed this at the Presidential Villa shortly after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja. ...