Akwa Ibom State Government has announced the release of N1billion to be added to the first tranche of palliatives it received from the Federal Government.
The state governor, Umo Eno, announced the additional palliative package while addressing members of government house correspondents.
Eno also announced that the sharing of the palliatives to residents would begin on Monday September 4, 2023.
He assured that with the release of one billion naira to augment the 3000 bags of rice and N2 billion so far received from the federal government, the over 2270 villages in the state should get 50 bags of rice each.
“I am sure each village will get between at least 50 bags. We will give to the Hausa community, Yoruba community, Igbo community, Niger Delta community, and all of the security services and all other people that may not be able to get to villages.
“They are not village people but they are also part of us in Akwa Ibom. Also we have approved another line of gratuity to the teachers. We have approved to the local Government and to the State. That is two billion from the state’s coffers.
“We want to do one project per local government so as to help ensure that we provide jobs for our young people. These are the quick fix measures we are doing. Don’t forget this is a short, medium and long term packages,” he said.
On August 17, the Federal Government announced a N5 billion palliative for each state of the federation, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to cushion the impact of the removal of the petrol subsidy.
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state, made the announcement in Abuja when he spoke to State House correspondents at the end of a national economic council (NEC) meeting.
Zulum said the N5 billion is to enable state governments to procure 100,000 bags of rice, 40,000 bags of maize and fertilizers to cushion the effect of food shortage across the country.
