President Muhammadu Buhari , on monday ordered that palliative measures, including food and money, should be extended to 3.6 million households in the next two weeks.
President buhari disclose this while addressing Nigerians on Monday night at the state house abuja
In his statement he said his administration had earlier announced palliative measures such as food distribution, cash transfers and loans repayment waivers to ease the pains of its restrictive policies during this difficult time. He said these palliatives will be sustained. “I have also directed that the current social register be expanded from 2.6 million households to 3.6 million households in the next two weeks.
“This means we will support an additional one million homes with our social investment programs. A technical committee is working on this and will submit a report to me by the end of this week,” Buhari said in a statement obtained by SHO PEN ONLINE
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