Fuel subsidy palliatives: I received only N2bn from FG, not N5bn, says Soludo

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By Madu Obi

Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo has said that he received only N2 billion from the federal government for various interventions to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal on Nigerians.

The governor, who made the clarification in Awka during the 9th delegates conference of the Anambra State branch of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), said the state would add its own resources to be able to meet the needs of the people of the state.

“We got, so far, N2 billion from the federal government, though the federal government announced the payment of N5 billion per state and we shall use it to add to our own palliatives in Anambra State", Soludo said.

Recall that a group under the aegis of South East All Progressives Congress Young Progressives Forum had asked Soludo to give details of the subsidy removal palliatives received from the federal government, lamenting that the entire process was shrouded in secrecy in Anambra State.

The leader of the group, Paschal Candle said but for the revelation made by the Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, after the National Executive Council meeting held on Thursday last week, the people of Anambra State would have remained in the dark about the largesse from the federal government.

But Soludo, in a statement, acknowledged that President Bola Tinubu had rolled out an agenda of palliatives as the response of the federal government towards alleviating the adverse effects of the subsidy removal.