PALLIATIVE: They expect Nigerians to live on N167 per day
ON APRIL 26, 20203:06 AMIN FRANKLY SPEAKING
By Dele Sobowale
“As we know, the CCT (CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER) is for poor and vulnerable households in the country…beneficiaries are entitled to N5, 000 every month; however, the payment of N20, 000 now to each beneficiary is for four months. It is going to happen all over the country, but we are starting with FCT, Lagos and Ogun. These are the front line states. Others will follow…” – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, DAILY INDEPENDENT, APRIL 2, 2020.
The Minister further said.
that the beneficiaries were chosen without any form of bias, adding that political party affiliation was never a criterion for selection of beneficiaries.”
Several hundred Nigerians, including known members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were asked what they thought of that last statement by Hajiya Farouq. They believe it is untrue. Political leaders, according to them, will capture the selection and payments. Nothing amazes me more than how frequently every government in Nigeria appoints its own crop of officials peddling some of the old untruths or inventing new ones. With that opening, let us now examine what the Minister had announced to us.
Source:https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/palliative-they-expect-nigerians-to-live-on-n167-per-day/
ON APRIL 26, 20203:06 AMIN FRANKLY SPEAKING
By Dele Sobowale
“As we know, the CCT (CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER) is for poor and vulnerable households in the country…beneficiaries are entitled to N5, 000 every month; however, the payment of N20, 000 now to each beneficiary is for four months. It is going to happen all over the country, but we are starting with FCT, Lagos and Ogun. These are the front line states. Others will follow…” – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, DAILY INDEPENDENT, APRIL 2, 2020.
The Minister further said.
that the beneficiaries were chosen without any form of bias, adding that political party affiliation was never a criterion for selection of beneficiaries.”
Several hundred Nigerians, including known members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were asked what they thought of that last statement by Hajiya Farouq. They believe it is untrue. Political leaders, according to them, will capture the selection and payments. Nothing amazes me more than how frequently every government in Nigeria appoints its own crop of officials peddling some of the old untruths or inventing new ones. With that opening, let us now examine what the Minister had announced to us.
Source:https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/palliative-they-expect-nigerians-to-live-on-n167-per-day/
