Did The Palliative Materials Reach Real Poor People? In the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic around the world, Nigeria is not exempted from the effects of the coronavirus. Since the first confirmed case in the last week of February 2020, the government has not backed down in containing the virus as well as putting efforts to cushion the effect of the situation on the citizens and economy at large.
More interestingly, the government is not the only group making effort to assist in containing the coronavirus in Nigeria. A lot of other corporate organizations, Non-governmental organizations, individuals and religious organizations have joined in the fight. Their various efforts are primarily to abate the effect of this pandemic on the quality of life of the citizens. This they have done by donating cash, isolation centers, medical materials, and lots of food items to various states, communities and groups.
Did The Palliative Materials Reach Real Poor People?
At the top of this list is the claim by the federal government through the ministry of humanitarian affairs that they have successfully distributed the sum of twenty thousand naira to about 2.6 million Nigerian families. From the photo reports given out from this ministry, the minister was seen distributing these monies cash to a group of people. At the moment, there is yet to be an official release of the names or the local governments of these recipients.
Did The Palliative Materials Reach Real Poor People?
This leads up to the allegation on lawmakers insisting that the relevant senate committee should be consulted before any distribution of funds to the public. This move, by popular opinion, is to enable them to include the names of their loyalists among those to receive the federal government palliative.
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So, that bring the story to an unanswered question, Did the Palliative Materials Reach Actual Poor Nigerians
