President Buhari Gives Details On How He Intends To Pay 5,000 Monthly Stipend To Poor Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari intends to fulfill his promise of
paying the poor and vulnerable N5,000 monthly.
The
President said his intentions was to ease the hard life Nigerians are
facing and make them independent by helping them acquire small and
medium scale trades that will sustain them in times of need.
The
President said his 5,000 monthly to the poor will go a long way in
helping many Nigerians cope with the hard times. He assured all that the
disbursement and procedure will be fair and true to the tenets of
justice and equity.
The President revealed all
these during an interview session with Mansur Liman of the BBC Hausa
service on Christmas eve. He stressed that his administration will
ensure that monies meant for the poor would not be diverted by heartless
and dubious politicians who do not have the people’s interest at heart.
He warned all politicians who might have harboured the thoughts of
stealing or engaging in corruption during his administration to have a
rethink as anyone caught will be made to face the full weight of the
law.
He said: “It is not possible for everyone
needing it to get it; but the Federal Government has said it would
collaborate with the states and local governments. At the local
government level, almost everyone knows each other. It would be easy to
identify those to give who would go into trading and how to get it back.
It would be like a cooperative and we all know how it operates. Also,
state governments would identify those who have capacity to employ more
people and all we need to do is to empower them. Our people already know
how to go about implementing these modalities to create employment for
the citizens.”
The president assured Nigerians that he will deliver on his campaign promises.
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