Tag: Palliatives
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Tragic December: Why can’t palliatives be distributed the Dangote way? – By Magnus Onyibe
December in Nigeria is typically associated with end-of-year festivities: corporate parties, funfairs, family gatherings, concerts, and musical performances.
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Alia hands over truck of diverted palliatives to EFCC, ICPC
Gov Hyacinth Alia of Benue has handed over a truck load of palliatives, he confiscated to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) for investigation. This is contained in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Sir Tersoo Kula, which was made available in Makurdi on…
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PALLIATIVES! Tinubu gives 1,200 bags to ministers as Alake promises to give only the aged
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has said that the 1200 bags of rice made available to him by the Presidency as palliatives for grassroots will be channelled to only the aged in the state. Alake made the disclosure in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, made available…
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APC rebukes Kwankwaso over palliative distribution criticism
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has criticised Dr Rabi’u Kwankwaso, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), for condemning the Federal Government’s method of distributing palliatives to the needy. In a statement, APC Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, said the Federal Government was committed to reducing
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Tinubu’s hardship palliatives and Obaseki’s ‘rice hoarding’ scandal – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Rice – the most popular Nigerian staple food – has suddenly become an issue, and may contribute to futher scrambling of the campaign of the Edo State chapter of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that’s already reeling from months of defection of high-profile members to the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), ahead of…
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Rice palliatives: Does it really help the poor? – By Etim Etim
The big news of the week is that the federal government is distributing 24,000 bags of rice to each state of the federation in a desperate move to stave off mass protests nationwide planned to begin on next Thursday. On receiving its share, Akwa Ibom State government announced that it would add another 24,000 bags…
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HARDSHIP: Oborevwori flags-off 3rd phase palliative distribution in Delta
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, flagged-off phase three of the state’s grains palliative distribution exercise with a charge on civil servants and other workers in the state to engage in small – scale farming to mitigate rising hunger across the country.
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Bauchi govt extends palliative distribution
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has said that his administration would extend the palliative distribution exercise to mitigate the economic challenges being experienced by the people.
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Palliatives not solution to hardship in Nigeria – Gov Diri
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has said offering palliatives was not the lasting solution to the economic hardship in the country.
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