KANO, Nigeria — Nigeria’s brand-new President Bola Tinubu has revealed his federalgovernment’s strategy to pay $10 a month to bad families to ease the growing difficulty triggered by the ditching of aids on gas.
In a letter to the Nigerian Senate, which was checkedout throughout Thursday’s sitting, Tinubu stated 12 million families will advantage from the handout for a duration of 6 months. The federalgovernment strategies to fund it through an $800 million World Bank loan for which Tinubu is lookingfor lawmakers’ approval.
“It is anticipated that the program will promote financial activities in the casual sector and enhance nutrition, health, education, and human capital advancement of recipients’ homes,” he stated of the social well-being effort.
Meanwhile, Tinubu stated a state of emergencysituation on food security and directed the release of grains to homes.
Dele Alake, his spokesperson, stated that “as with most emergencysituations, there are instant, medium- and long-lasting interventions and services. In the instant term, we mean to release some costsavings from the fuel aid re