Amid public bashing, President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday ordered the review of his plan to distribute monthly cash grants of N8,000 to 12 million households for six months as part of efforts to cushion the harsh effects of fuel subsidy removal.
This was announced in a statement on Tuesday by the president’s media aide Dele Alake.
“The President has directed that…the N8,000 conditional cash transfer programmed envisaged to bring succour to most vulnerable households be reviewed immediately,” he said.
According to Alake, the new directive is “deference to the views expressed by Nigerians against it.”
Tinubu directed that the whole gamut of the palliative package of government be unveiled to Nigerians.
He also ordered the immediate release of fertilisers and grains to approximately 50 million farmers and households respectively in all 36 states and the FCT, the statement said.
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