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Goodnews!! State govt to pay 314,000 households, 100,000 persons N20,000 monthly as palliative package (Check details)

by Emerald Nigeria
August 10, 2023
in Economy
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After its weekly state executive council meeting yesterday, the Edo State government set aside N500 million for distribution to vulnerable people of the state at N20,000 per person.

The implementation begins from September and will serve as a palliative measure to cushion the biting effects of the removal of fuel subsidy and the hike in the prices of fuel.

Stating the position of the Edo State Exco at a press briefing held after the council meeting, the state commissioner for communication and orientation, Mr Chris Osa Nehikhare, also condemned the deputy governor, Phillip Shaibu, over alleged impeachment saga and warned of its consequences.

He said the N500 million would be taken from the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), and assured that the state government had a reliable database of the poorest of the poor in the state, compiled between 2019 and 2021 in conjunction with the World Bank.

“What Exco resolved is that we should revalidate and review the data. With the Edo State Residency Cards and the National Identity Number (NIN), we have an effective and efficient database that has enabled us to identify the very vulnerable in the state.

“When the review and the revalidation is completed, we shall begin to disburse the sum of N20,000 every month to the 314,000 households and the over 100,000 persons in the database.

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“We need to emphasise that the N500 million is not from the federal allocation but from the IGR of Edo State.

“The people paid the money and that is why we are taking from it to cushion the effect of the economic hardship because there is no government without the people”, he said.

Source: Leadership Newspaper
Tags: Edo stateGodwin ObaskiPalliativeSubsidy removal
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