₦airaland Forum

*Is FG's N30,000 enough for taxi drivers, Keke Napep and Okada riders?*

On Sunday, I read a statement that the Federal Government would soon commence the enrolment and payment of N30,000 to Nigerians operating in the transport business – including rideshare drivers Uber, Bolt, etc, taxi drivers, bus drivers, Keke Napep riders, Okada riders, cart pushers etc.

The first thing that came to mind was, is N30,000 really enough?
What can N30,000 do for these people, then I remembered that my brake pad and fan belt are two problems I need to attend to very urgently.

In fact, my mechanic told me that if my fan belt cuts, I will be stuck at that very point but even worse is that the day my brake will fail, he prays I don’t kill anybody but as a rugged Lagos boy, no be today, we dey drive without brake.

So why am I writing this? It is because all the money I need to fix my car is less than N15k and I don’t have it. It was then that I knew that N30,000 is a lot of money even for me. If I get that N30,000, I will not only fix my car, I will balance at my regular joint and buy fish and beer to wash it down.

That aside, no government has done this for Nigerians as long as I can remember, so therefore this must count for something. As we say in Naija, it is our national cake and more people are eating from it.
The statement by Laolu Akande, Prof. Osinbajo’s spokesperson also said they are paying salaries of private businesses that were affected by COVID and that the artisans have also gotten N30,000.

Just to verify the information, I went to Twitter and typed Survival Fund and Payroll Support, guy, I weak. See people getting alert anyhow and flashing it on social media. Abeg where I dey wey all these things dey happen?

Anyhow sha, I must collect inside this national cake and I dey encourage others to tell people wey dem know wey be driver or artisan.

Remember, na our national cake.

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I’m not in support of this because the money won’t get to the people they budgeted it for , they will only give few Okada and taxi drivers then loot the rest , at the end of the day they will tell us trillions of naira was used whereas not up to 50 million was spent , na so dem use school feeding program and market money scam to loot billions of naira , please the government should focus on our dying economy and open our border so cost of living can go back as it were in the past , enough of this their scam support to the poor , we don tire , shuoooooooo

One of the problems we have is contempted ,so no matter small we receive since we are not paying back then we need to manage rather than complaining

#30,000,00, though look small but it's a huge amount of money for some people. Giving out money like this is also a means of putting money in people's hands which still have good effect on our economy. Kudos to this government for the idea.

Guy! People are getting this money, don't full yourself, get your own portion, and stop complaining.

Nanaborga:
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I’m not in support of this because the money won’t get to the people they budgeted it for , they will only give few Okada and taxi drivers then loot the rest , at the end of the day they will tell us trillions of naira was used whereas not up to 50 million was spent , na so dem use school feeding program and market money scam to loot billions of naira , please the government should focus on our dying economy and open our border so cost of living can go back as it were in the past , enough of this their scam support to the poor , we don tire , shuoooooooo

That 30k can do a whole lot this season. With the way things are now and Christmas right in front of us the money na baba

Government is playing her pat in ensuring the covid19 pandemic effect is cushioned. More to come, Nigerians should key into the the interventions by this ESP

Half bread is better than nothing morever other programs are currently been working on..

At least, the programs are real

This 30k will a long way especially this Christmas season

It is good no matter how small