Mr Kenneth Okonkwo of the Labour Party, LP, has called the Federal Government’s plan to pay impoverished Nigerian households N8,000 monthly a “insult to common sense” and a “means of stealing government funds in the name of poor Nigerians.”
Okonkwo also claimed that the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, administration is arresting and detaining Nigerians without trial, calling it anti-people in a tweet on Monday.
Remember that the Federal Government announced a proposal to provide N8,000 monthly to 12 million impoverished Nigerians as a palliative for the loss of gasoline subsidies.
The legendary Nollywood actor, however, said that the sum would be insufficient for underprivileged Nigerians who could barely purchase a plate of food.
He stated,
“A government that commenced its regime with N352 increase in fuel per litre, depreciated naira by 82% from the first day in office, borrowed $800m (N650b) to share N35b to Judiciary, N70b to the Legislature, then N48,000.00 for a family of about six persons for six months, arresting and detaining Nigerians without trial is a government that is anti-people.
“Giving a Nigerian household a paltry sum of N8,000 a month that cannot afford a plate of food for a Nigerian is not only an insult to common sense but a formula to steal government fund in the name of poor Nigerians. What can a Nigerian do with N8,000 per month, much less a household of about 6 persons per month. This government is a waste and a scourge. Now we are seeing the true definition of cluelessness.”
cc: Daily Post Ng
