{"id":92387,"date":"2023-07-18T21:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/subsidy-removal-tinubu-orders-immediate-review-of-n8000-palliative"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T22:38:25","slug":"subsidy-removal-tinubu-orders-immediate-review-of-n8000-palliative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/subsidy-removal-tinubu-orders-immediate-review-of-n8000-palliative","title":{"rendered":"Subsidy removal: Tinubu orders immediate review of N8,000 palliative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ordered the immediate review of the proposed N8,000 to 12 million households in Nigeria for six months to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy removal.<\/p>\n

In a statement issued by Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Tinubu also ordered that the whole range of the palliative package of the federal government be unveiled to Nigerians.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last few days, the conventional and new media platforms have become awash with stories of the government intending to embark on conditional cash transfers to vulnerable households, mostly affected by the painful but necessary decision to remove subsidy from petrol,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story has been widely reported that the Federal Government is proposing to give 12 million households from the poorest of the poor N8,000 monthly for a period of six months as government palliative to reduce the discomfort being experienced by Nigerians consequent upon subsidy removal.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of ill-informed imputations have been read into the programme by not a few naysayers. The Administration believes in the maxim that when there is prohibition, there must be provision. Since subsidy, the hydra-headed monster threatening to kill the economy, has been stopped, government has emplaced a broad spectrum of reliefs to bring help to Nigerians.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it should be noted that cash programme is not the only item in the whole gamut of relief package of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as a listening leader who has vowed to always put Nigerians at the heart of his policy and programme, the President has directed as follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cThat the N8,000 conditional cash transfer programmed envisaged to bring succour to most vulnerable households be reviewed immediately. This is in deference to the views expressed by Nigerians against it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat the whole gamut of palliative package of government be unveiled to Nigerians.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmediate release of fertilisers and grains to approximately 50 million farmers and households, respectively in all the 36 states and the FCT.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President further assures Nigerians that the N500 billion approved by parliament to cushion the pain occasioned by the end of subsidy regime will be judiciously utilised. The beneficiaries of the reliefs shall be Nigerians irrespective of their ethnic, religious or political affiliation.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Bola Tinubu has promised to always prioritize the wellbeing of Nigerians and he is irrevocably committed to the vow. A number of decisions taken so far by this Administration have buttressed this stance.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will recall that the President took a similar decision after listening to complaints from the business community\/stakeholders about burdensome taxes, particularly multiplicity of taxes they are made to experience. This warranted the signing of four (4) Executive Orders cancelling some classes of taxes, while suspending the implementation dates of others.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, the President has also set up a Tax Reform\/Fiscal Policy Committee to bring up recommendations that will engender a wholesome fiscal environment for the country and remove anti-business barriers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish to assure Nigerians that President Tinubu will continue to be a listening leader whose ears will not be dull to the views expressed by the citizenry. The President believes government exists to cater for the interest of the people and he has demonstrated this so clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tinubu had, in a request to the National Assembly, pointed out the intention to cater for the welfare of poor and weak households in the country under the National Safety Net Programme of the Federal Government.<\/p>\n

Tinubu insisted that the N8,000 would be transferred monthly, digitally, to the accounts of 12m vulnerable and low-income households.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ordered the immediate review of the proposed N8,000 to 12 million households in Nigeria for six months to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy removal. 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