Tag: Poor Nigerians
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Labour rejects proposed fuel hike as Senate says no budgetary allocation for N5000 stipend for 40m poor Nigerians
The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the proposed hike in pump price of fuel to N340 per litre from 2022. It warned that
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SERAP sues FG, seeks details of ‘payment of N729bn to poor Nigerians’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Lagos “to compel the Federal Government to disclose details of proposed payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians, including the mechanisms and logistics for the payments, list of beneficiaries, and how they have been selected, and whether the…
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Additional 20 million Nigerians to become poor by 2022 – World Bank
The World Bank dropped a bombshell on Thursday, reporting that an additional 20 million Nigerians are likely to join the ranks of the poor in 2022, with the absence of measures to mitigate the twin impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the drop in crude oil prices. The global bank added that the pandemic is…
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Buhari, APC ‘used’ Almajiris, other poor Nigerians to grab power in 2015, dump them in COVID-19 crisis – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have completely betrayed the Almajiris and other downtrodden, poor and vulnerable Nigerians after using them to grab power in 2015. The party asserted that the APC and its government had continued to show their true colours, especially as…
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Yul Edochie to Buhari: Provide relief items to poor Nigerians before declaring curfew
Nollywood actor and politician, Yul Edochie, took to social media to appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to provide an economic relief package to Nigerians. Yul Edochie’s plea came after the announcement of the imposed 14-day curfew on Lagos, Ogun, and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, with effect from 11 pm on Monday. The president, in…