Subsidy Removal: Sule Takes FG’s Palliatives to Poor Households

Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia

The Nasarawa State Governor, Mr. Abdullahi Sule, has distributed palliative given to the state by the federal government to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal to poor and vulnerable households across the state.

The governor yesterday personally distributed the palliative, made up of bags of 50 kg of rice and various sums of money to over 3,000 poor and vulnerable households in Awe, Keana and Obi Local Government Areas of the state.

Sule said that the 50 kg of rice and N5,000 were shared to over 1,000 beneficiaries in Keana LGA.  

He said: “What we are sharing to beneficiaries today is meant for the beneficiaries only. If they, on their own, decided to go and share with somebody else, that is their choice. It is not our own directive that you can share with anybody.”

He, therefore, appealed to people of the state to remain calm as more palliatives would be distributed in subsequent programmes.

“When we receive the balance of the N4 billion, again we will do a similar thing. For those who did not get today, they may get a day after. That is why I am pleading with everybody to be patient,” he said.

Earlier, the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Special Duties and Humanitarian Services, Ms. Margaret Eleyo, appealed to people of the area to be patient as “more largesse would be coming their way in the form of palliative.”

She appreciated Governor Sule for taking time out of his busy schedule to be at the event, while also showing appreciation to the governor for his steadfastness, commitment, and dedication to the people of the state.