Good news! President Buhari unveils social package, to pay N5000 to unemployed

The government of President Buhari rolls out N.5 trillion Economic
Palliative Package
– The social initiatives meant to ease pains of Nigerians over the
hike in fuel prices
– The government will pay N5000 monthly to one million extremely poor
Nigerians for 12 months

President Muhammadu Buhari has unveiled a social investment package
designed to impact on the lives of over eight million Nigerians.
This was contained in a statement by Laolu Akande, senior special
assistant to the president, during an interactive session with
reporters in Abuja.

He clarified that some parts of this package would become operational
in the coming weeks.


Akande said that this will not only pacify the current pains arising
from the new fuel pricing regime, but will give ongoing social safety
nets for over 8 million Nigerians this year alone.
The presidential aide added that this is beside the jobs that would be
created by the infrastructural projects that would be restored and the
new ones that would soon be taking off.