Kwara Govt Approves N10,000 Monthly Palliative For Public Workers   The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has approved palliatives of a monthly cash support of N10,000 for every public sector workers in the state. AbdulRazaq, however, said the palliative would begin in July and last until...

Between Tinubu’s palliatives and the Nigerian ‘prodigal sons’ by Taiwo Akerele   I am extremely worried for the President of Nigeria, Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I am worried because as his ardent follower since his days in NADECO and then later in 1999 when he became...

Tinubu Orders Review of N8000 Palliatives, Release of Grains to 50m Households   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has in deference to public opinion instituted a review of the 8,000 naira the federal government planned to distribute to the poorest Nigerians. According to a statement by his spokesman,...

Rafsanjani Urges FG to Redirect Fuel Subsidy Savings to Infrastructure, Not 'Insensitive' N8,000 Monthly Palliative   Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, has criticized the proposed N8,000 monthly palliative by the Federal Government for 12 million households, calling it insensitive. He...

Palliative: FG Considers N702bn as Allowance for Workers Over Subsidy Removal   The National Economic Council has considered recommendations from the National Salaries Income and Wages Commission to pay N702bn as cost of living allowance to civil servants as part of intervention plans to mitigate the...

LCCI, NUPENG Knock FG Over Subsidy Removal, $800m Palliative Loan   The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has raised concerns over the $800 million loan the Federal Government has secured to cushion the effect of premium motor spirit (PMS) subsidy removal on poor Nigerians,...