N8,000 FG’s Palliative: I Wonder What It Can Buy for 30 Days- Labour Leader Sessi Reacts
A labour leader, on Friday has reacted to the Federal Government’s plan to give N8,000 to 12 million households for six months, saying she wonders what the sum could buy as it would be like a drop of water in the ocean.
Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Lagos Chapter, Mrs Funmi Sessi, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), as stakeholders in the sector reacted to the government’s plan.
On Thursday, President Tinubu had, in a written request to the National Assembly, indicated the intention to cater for the welfare of the vulnerable and poor households in Nigeria under the National Safety Net Programme of the Federal Government.
Tinubu noted that under the plan,
12 million poor and low-income households for six months would receive a sum of N8,000 transferred digitally to their accounts monthly.
Sessi, while reacting to the development said: “Looking at the money and the effect of the subsidy removal that has escalated the prices of everything in the market, I wonder what the N8,000 can do for a family in a month.
“I wonder what it can buy and the services it can render for 30 days; N8,000 cannot take care of a family for a week; it is not possible; it is going to be like a drop of water in the ocean.”
The National Deputy President, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Mr Tommy Okon, also said it would be proper to allow the presidential committee on the removal of oil subsidy to conclude its report and arrive at a collective agreement with the organised labour before embarking on any palliative care distribution.
“Otherwise, it will amount to doing exactly what the previous administration did that yielded no positive impact on the environment and economy,” Okon said.
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