President Bola Tinubu has ordered a review of the proposed plan of N8,000 palliative to 12 million of the poorest households in the country.
The palliative plan, which is proposed for six months, is to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy.
The President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
He noted that the cash programme was not the only item in the relief package initiated by Tinubu, saying that the President has vowed to always put Nigerians at the heart of his policy and programme.
According to him, Tinubu directed “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.”
The President also directed that the entirety of the government’s palliative package be unveiled to Nigerians, while ordering the immediate release of fertilisers and grains to approximately 50 million farmers and households respectively in all the 36 states and the FCT.
