ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Nasarawa State government has flagged off the distribution of palliatives in the state. This is to alleviate the effect of the fuel subsidy removal by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
Governor Abdullahi Sule while speaking at an event in Lafia on Tuesday, explained that the people of the state had been waiting for the palliatives pledged by President Tinubu.
He expressed happiness that the palliatives given to the state was ready for distribution, adding that out of the N5 billion promised by the Federal Government of Nigeria, only N2 billion had been received by the state government.
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Abdullahi noted that an additional 3,000 bags of rice were also received.
According to him, for effective distribution of the palliatives, the state government would visit the over 3,000 polling units across the 13 local government areas of the state to distribute bags of rice and maize to its residents.
The items distributed to residents during the flag-off ceremony include 7.5kg bags of rice, packs of spaghetti and groundnut oil among others.