Palliatives

  • Kano govt uncovers warehouse for palliative diversion

    Kano State Government says it has discovered a warehouse in the state where food items meant for palliatives were being diverted. Malam Bature Dawakin-Tofa, the Press Secretary to the governor, stated in a statement issued on Sunday in Kano that the warehouse was located at Sharada Industrial Estate. Dawakin-Tofa stated that Gov. Abba Yusuf and…

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  • Subsidy removal: Hardship bites harder as Nigerians await palliatives

    Six months after the Federal Government announced the removal of fuel subsidy, the hardship occasioned by that decision is yet to abate. This is also as the citizens continue to await the palliatives promised by both the Federal Government and the various state governments. While the Federal Government announced a N35,000 wage award, different state…

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  • The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said it will make its decision on the suspension or continuation of its protest against the effects of fuel subsidy known on Thursday. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, stated this to newsmen after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja. NLC is protesting over the…

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  • President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the provision of buses to students’ bodies of all universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country. A statement by Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communication and Strategy on Monday, noted that the action was in furtherance of Tinubu’s desire to ease the…

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  • Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has lambasted President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Sowore described Tinubu’s administration as a government of ‘renewed shege’. He made the remark while reacting to Tinubu’s decision to provide palliative care to Nigerians for six months. Tweeting, Sowore wrote: “The govt of #RenewedShege! So, @officialABAT is going to provide palliative of N53…

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  • Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, has warned Nigerians over the N8,000 palliative from President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Sani said Nigerians should pray before collecting the N8,000 from Tinubu’s administration. He claimed that those who collected the “jazzed” N10,000 under former President Muhammadu Buhari ended up in poverty. Tweeting, Sani wrote: “People who collected…

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