By David Kabiyesi
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has calmed the frayed nerves of vulnerables in the state by pledging a whopping N500 million to alleviate suffering triggered by subsidy removal.
Responding t demands by Edo state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday, Obaseki said the removal of fuel subsidy calls for measures that will ease the pain of the poor.
“We are going to do our own bit. I have decided that every month, going forward, N500 million would be given to the poorest of the poor in the state. We are not waiting for anybody.”
The governor also directed the labour unions to decline the palliative proposed by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, saying that it is a continuation of fraud, which the Federal Government has always undertaken against Nigerians.