OGUN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has given an additional N30 billion to each of the 36 state governors in Nigeria, according to Senate President Godwin Akpabio, in order to address the nation’s food crisis issue.
The Senate President, speaking during a federal legislators’ plenary session, described the numerous rallies against rising hunger and suffering that have taken place across the nation’s major cities as being supported by political players.
In addition, Akpabio said that the state governors’ recently granted funds are not the same as their monthly allotment and he advised them not to use the money for purposes other than addressing the food shortage.
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He said, “We can see a lot of protests here and there, most of those sponsored protests are not aware of the kind of efforts being made by this senate to tackle the situation together with a joint management team of the federal republic of Nigeria. I must say that unverified report has it that each of the state government in the last few months has received additional N30billion from Federal Inland Revenue Service, outside their normal allocation from the federation account to assist them in ameliorating the food situation, we believed that every state government should utilise the funds so received towards ensuring that food is available.
“This Senate will not rubber stamp anything that will feel is not with the interest of Nigeria,” he added.
Recall how residents of Ibadan in Oyo State on Monday morning blocked major roads to protest against the economic hardship caused by the policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
The protest began in Ibadan’s Mokola area, and the protesters, mostly youths, barricaded the Mokola under-bridge and the Queen Elizabeth Road.
The angry protesters had called on President Tinubu’s government to end the hardship and unbearable inflation in the country.