The Ondo State Government said it has set up a nine-man committee on palliatives that would work out the strategies to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal in the state. The government said the constitution of the committee was part of the decision taken at the state executive council meeting held on Thursday in Akure, the state capital, presided …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja assured Nigerians that the framework for palliatives to remedy the effects of fuel subsidy removal is being worked out, explaining that the decision to phase out the subsidy was taken in the best interest of the country. Receiving members of Class 1999 Governors who paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential …

President Bola Tinubu has written to the House of Representatives seeking an amendment to the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act. The amendment, he said, was to allow the Federal Government to source N500 billion for palliatives to cushion the effect of subsidy removal. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas read the President’s letter during plenary on …