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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has noticed that the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu will bear the brunt of offering palliative measures for thousands and thousands of Nigerians forward of the discontinuance of petrol subsidy in June 2023.
Ngige disclosed this on the 68th session of the State Home Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Workforce on the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
Fielding a query on the problem, the minister stated, “The subsidy palliatives might be left to the incoming authorities to implement. We’ll merely hand over to them.
“In fact, we’ll give suggestions which they’re at liberty to both settle for or reject.”
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The Federal Authorities stated it had but to harmonise its efforts with states to offer palliatives to cushion the impact of the gradual removing of petroleum subsidy scheduled for June.
Nevertheless, it stated the involved committees would quickly conclude discussions with key stakeholders because the Buhari regime winds down.
The Minister of State for Funds and Nationwide Planning, Clem Agba, who addressed journalists on the time, famous {that a} committee led by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and the Nationwide Financial Council comprising state governors had been working to resolve the problem for over 12 months now.
Inside that interval, nonetheless, the committee had but to harmonise its templates, he added.
Abba stated, “For over a 12 months plus now, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has been main a committee engaged on this and the Nationwide Financial Council additionally has a committee that has additionally been engaged on this.”
“So, the stage that we’re in now could be easy methods to finalise the solutions which have come out from each the Federal Authorities and the governors’ facet.
“Like you recognize, it’s one thing that’s going to have an effect on your entire nation. They may simply have to make sure that everyone seems to be carried alongside, that’s each the federal and sub-national governments”, he added.
