The Islamic rights group disclosed this in a statement on Friday by its Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
Browsing: Palliatives
The Ogun State Government has approved an extension of six months for the N10,000 transport allowance granted to the state’s civil servants, the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said.
This was made known by the Chairman of the CDA, Black Aiwansosa, in a video that went viral over the weekend.
The Niger Government has warned against illegal diversion of palliative items meant to cushion the lives of the poor following the removal of fuel subsidy.
The Kano State Government Monday commenced the distribution of palliatives and farm inputs to the vulnerable, women and farmers across the 44 Local Government Areas of the state.
The Federal Government FG has only released N2 billion from the N5 billion it offered to each state as palliative to cushion the impact of subsidy removal.
The Federal Government’s rice palliatives and N5 billion allocated to Osun State to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal are inadequate.
Ex-agitators have expressed concerns over the failure of Niger Delta governors to provide palliatives to poor communities despite receiving N5 billion from the Federal Government.
Following the delay by Abia State government to commence distribution of palliatives allocated to states by the federal government, Abians are beginning to express worry that the palliatives might end up being hoarded and diverted by officials of the Alex Otti government.
And because of the hoopla generated by the proposal, the Tinubu administration called for the review of the utilisation and probably distribution of the fund and it was thought that the new government had learnt a lesson.
The Nasarawa State Government has commenced the distribution of palliatives to cushion the effects of economic hardship of the petroleum subsidy removal on its citizens.
The Benue chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lauded President Bola Tinubu over the palliatives given to states to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal.
World Bank Country Director, Nigeria Office, Shubham Chaudhuri, has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s reform policies.
The Gombe State government has commenced the distribution of palliatives to 30, 000 beneficiaries, to cushion the effects of the removal of petrol subsidy on residents of the state.
Lagos State General Hospitals and Primary Health Centres are currently providing free antenatal care and child delivery services to pregnant women resident in Lagos State.
The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Prof. Sagir Abbas, said the institution has introduced not less than four welfare packages for its staff to cushion the effects of the current economic hardship.
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has relaxed the curfew in 17 of the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.
The Lagos State Government has rolled out relief measures to cushion the current hardship being faced by residents as a result of fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government.
Open Alliance, a coalition of civil society organisations working together to improve openness and accountability in governance, has called for an immediate forensic audit of the National Social Register.
The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Thursday directed a three-man committee of the State Government to meet with the leadership of Organised Labour to finalise proposals for palliative measures aimed at cushioning the effect of the subsidy removal on the citizens.