Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu has ordered a review of his administration’s plan for a monthly N8,000 transfer to 12 million of the poorest households in the country for six months, in a bid to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy.
The Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, to President Dele Alake, in a statement on Tuesday, noted that the cash programme was not the only item in the relief package initiated by the current administration.
According to him, Tinubu directed “that the N8,000 conditional cash transfer program be reviewed immediately and added that the President vowed to always put Nigerians at the heart of his policy and programme.