Some residents of Bauchi, Gombe and Dutse have expressed concern over the alleged diversion of the Federal Government’s 20-truck rice palliative.
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Some residents of Kaduna, Kano, and Katsina States report that they are yet to receive the rice recently donated to the states by the Federal Government.
A Nigerian legal luminary, Afe Babalola, has strongly criticized the Federal Government’s approach to palliative distribution, describing it as a…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has approved that 20 percent of palliative in terms of food…
With a root in palliatus, a Latin word, palliative is anything meant to palliate, i.e., relieve, decrease, ease, assuage, soothe, help, etc., a situation. That situation could be a disease, dispute, deprivation or anything that discomfits. While hospitals palliate diseases by administering medicinal palliatives, in our case, the word has taken a political meaning. Politicians now dole out whatever they feel the people want as a palliative, in most cases against poverty.
Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu says his administration will provide health palliatives for the residents, by subsidizing drugs to improve their well-being.
The Federal Government, on Friday, gave palliatives to 80 cattle farmers affected by the 2022 flood disaster in Oyo State.
The House of Representatives has dismissed a statement credited to the National Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Christopher Onyeka that each member collected N100 million as palliative.
ASHENEWS reports that the organized labour in Niger state on Monday faulted the uneven distribution of palliative by the Niger state government.
ASHENEWS reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state has asked the state government to immediately commence the distribution of palliatives to residents to cushion the hardship faced by many.