ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- As part of efforts to mitigate the effects of subsidy removal in Ekiti State, Governor Biodun Oyebanji, has announced the provision of free shuttle buses for workers, students and payment of monthly allowances to few selected are households.
Governor Oyebanji, in a statement by the Commissioner for Finance, Akintunde Oyebode, also approved the payment of N5,000 as a conditional cash transfer to 10,000 households from August to December 2023, especially to the aged people.
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Other items on the palliatives list include payment of one month’s pension arrears for state and local government pensioners, and payment of one-month subvention arrears to tertiary Institutions, among others, according to the statement.
The statement further disclosed that the palliatives were recommendations of the committee, set up by the Governor to initiate interventions that will soften the impact of the subsidy removal.