To assuage the anger of Nigerians over the increase in the price of premium motor spirit to N145 a litre, the Muhammadu Buhari administration has rolled out palliative measures running into half a trillion naira.




Over eight million Nigerians will benefit from the programmes scheduled to begin in a matter of weeks.
Highlights of the palliatives are:

5.5 million school children to be fed for 200 school days in first phase of homegrown school feeding programme
Over 1.6 million Nigerian traders, market women, men, artisans to receive loans.
1 million extremely poor and vulnerable Nigerians to receive N60,000 this year in 12 months payments of N5000 each.
All together the federal government would be directly impacting the lives of more than 8 million Nigerians in different social investment 2016 budget spending that would provide succor and be a ready-made palliative to ordinary Nigerians.
This disclosure was made last night by the Senior Special Assistant for Media & Publicity to the President, Mr. Laolu Akande, in an interaction with the press in Abuja.
He gave new details and a breakdown of the interventions and palliatives, some of which he said would be starting in a matter of weeks thus:

the direct payment of N5000 monthly to one million extremely poor Nigerians for 12 months as provided for in the 2016 budget for which N$68.7B has been appropriated.
the direct provision of very soft loan -cash for market women, men and traders, including artisans and Agric workers. This would be for a total of 1.76m Nigerians, without the requirement for conventional collateral. Some of the traders will likely get about N60,000. A total sum of N140.3B has already been appropriated for this in the budget,
3*payment of between N23,000 to N30,000 per month to 500,000 unemployed graduates who would be trained, paid and deployed to work as volunteer teachers, public health officers and extension service workers among other responsibilities.
-They would also be given electronic devices to empower them technologically both for their assignments and beyond
-similarly 100,000 artisans would also be trained and paid
N191.5B has been set aside for this in the passed budget.
4. At least 5.5 million Nigerian primary school children -ie starting first in 18 states-three per geopolitical zones-would be fed for 200 school days under the free Homegrown School Feeding Programme. N93.1B has been appropriated for this in the 2016 budget.
5. 100,000 tertiary students in Science Technology Engineering & Maths-STEM, plus Education will partake in the N5.8B already provided for this education grant in the budget. This payment would also be paid directly to the students.
When added together this year alone, more than 8 million Nigerians would be benefiting from the Social Investment budget.
Akande who works from the Office of the Vice President said the N500B social investement programmes of the Buhari administration is a ready made palliative to lift Nigerians from poverty and economic hardship.
“Long before now the Presidency has made adequate arrangements in the 2016 budget to ensure that Nigerians are lifted from poverty and hardship,” the spokesperson stated.
This will not only assuage the current pains arising from the new fuel pricing regime, but will provide ongoing social safety nets for over 8 million Nigerians this year alone, according to Akande.
He added that this is beside the jobs that would be created by the infrastructural projects that would be restored and the new ones that would soon be taking off.
Said he: “the Buhari presidency is keen to ensure that Nigerians are lifted and that if necessary on an ongoing basis palliatives measures would always been considered to address the conditions of the people.”

Source: http://www.nigerianeye.com/2016/05/revealed-1-million-nigerians-set-to.html?m=1

9ja lo wa

when u hear "extremely poor and vulnerable nigerians" it means only the northerners


see as buhari won take use naija money feed only d north

This is a great news. Wow! I cant wait to see this being implemented.

But my concern is n the EXTREME poor Nigerians.

1- How will government determine who is extremly poor?
2- How will the list be gathered? Geo politcally or state by state or at random?
Will the government follow quota system or federalcharcter?
3- How did this government arive at the number these extreme poor nigerians.

Buhari is clearly not a serious character ..another pipeline for massive corruption through the creation of ghost poor people to earn the 5000

KissCODE:
This is a great news. Wow! I cant wait to see this being implemented.

But my concern is n the EXTREME poor Nigerians.

1- How will government determine who is extremly poor?
2- How will the list be gathered? Geo politcally or state by state or at random?
Will the government follow quota system or federalcharcter?
3- How did this government arive at the number these extreme poor nigerians.

Y'all get deceived daybybay

KissCODE:
This is a great news. Wow! I cant wait to see this being implemented.

But my concern is n the EXTREME poor Nigerians.

1- How will government determine who is extremly poor?
2- How will the list be gathered? Geo politcally or state by state or at random?
Will the government follow quota system or federalcharcter?
3- How did this government arive at the number these extreme poor nigerians.

You need serious deliverance in Jesus Name! So to you this is worth commending let alone celebrating this is too pathetic

Just want to settle the northern beggars who voted him. Creating more poor and lazy people over there.

chernest2002:
Just want to settle the northern beggars who voted him. Creating more poor and lazy people over there.

You rob Peter and pay Paul so what ?

tomakint:

You need serious deliverance in Jesus Name! So to you this is worth commending let alone celebrating this is too pathetic

i would have ignored you but for the name of Jesus, you mentioned.

I cant remember celebrating anyone or anything here. However, wisdom have taught me that before u tell someone how bad he is, you have to commend him first.

Having said that. It is worth celebrating if FG will train people & also empower them. I am not a Buhari supporter & will never be: but that does not mean if he does something good, i wont commend him.
If u have a problem with it, then visit the closest...

KissCODE:
i would have ignored you but for the name of Jesus, you mentioned.

I cant remember celebrating anyone or anything here. However, wisdom have taught me that before u tell someone how bad he is, you have to commend him first.

Having said that. It is worth celebrating if FG will train people & also empower them. I am not a Buhari supporter & will never be: but that does not mean if he does something good, i wont commend him.
If u have a problem with it, then visit the closest...