Palliative: Ondo LP Guber Aspirant asks Tinubu to focus on empowerment programs
The Ondo State Governorship Aspirant under the banner of Labour Party Prince Eniola Ojajuni has called on Federal government to focus on sustainable policy and empowerment programs that will create job opportunities for the Nigerian youth rather than distributing money to them in the name of palliatives.
He said the President Bola Tinubu’s palliative measures to cushion effect of fuel subsidy removal is a brazen attempt to divert public funds and impoverish Nigerians more
Ojajuni said in a statement on Sunday that Tinubu’s palliatives under an opaque arrangement was reminiscent of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s conditional cash transfer and COVID-19 intervention initiative which saw politicians keeping food items and provisions in their homes while the poor went hungry.
He said Buhari’s interventionist programmes only ended up making Nigerians poorer as shown in reports released by the National Bureau of Statistics.
The Frontline politician added “After announcing the removal of petrol subsidy without proper planning, the President has unveiled some palliative measures which to me are misplaced
Ojajuni said Federal government ought to have focused on putting money into the agricultural sector and subsidizing production and working at attaining energy security that is the backbone of spurring desired economic growth from SMEs.
He added, “Agriculture makes up about 30% of Nigeria’s GDP. He should have invested funds in the production aspect of agriculture and other issues affecting crop yields. The rural areas which are mostly agrarian are in the throes of insecurity.
“The so-called palliatives that the government seeks to share with the poor are just another avenue to divert public funds. For years, the Nigerian government has rejected calls to publish the list of the beneficiaries of the so-called palliatives but this has never been done because it is all a scam.
“The President should stop trying to deceive Nigerians who are still suffering from the effect of his lacklustre economic policies.”
The government should focus on sustainable policy and empowerment programs that will create job opportunities for the Nigerian youth, the rate of crimes are increasing.
