Fawaz Adebisi
The Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, has said that the governor of Ogun state, Dapo Abiodun, would begin to disburse palliative to people in order to subdue the pressure of fuel subsidy removal.
Talabi revealed this in a statement on Wednesday, when he received a delegation of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
In his words, the state government would soon announce details of its palliative measures.
He explained that the palliative committee , which was set up by the government, has submitted its report, adding that “what is left now is for us to begin to put a cost to the palliative arrangements and we are gradually inching towards achieving that”.
The statement read, “Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi has disclosed that the State Government would soon announce details of its palliative measures to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal and other economic realities.
“Talabi said that the committee on palliative set up by the government has submitted its report and “‘in a few days from now, you’re going to be hearing from the government on the details of its palliative arrangement, now that the committee has submitted its reports.’
“Speaking earlier, Chairman, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria Comrade Akeem Balogun affirmed that the present administration is a promise-keeping government, appreciating it for increasing the health workers’ hazard allowance from N5000 to N20,000.
“Also speaking, the immediate past Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in the State, Comrade Emmanuel Bankole, said he was proud to identify with the labour union for its reliability and credibility.”
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