Recall that the Tinubu adminstration had earlier stated that the government was making preparation to disburse N8,000 each to vulnerables across the Country for a period of 6 months.
The N8,000 fuel subsidy removal palliative grant was proposed to be paid into the beneficiaries bank account just like the Rapid Response Register (RRR) cordinated by the National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO).
However, the President Tinubu led adminstration questioned the authenticity of the National Social Register as a means of generating the data of vulnerables eligible for the subsidy removal palliative Grant.
A new report has emerged on Thursday that the Federal Government has changed the method of disbursing the fuel subsidy removal grant, noting that the disbursement of the grants will now be handled by the State Governments. This followed a meeting held by the National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday.
According to the meeting held by NEC, the Federal Government approved N5 billion grant to be released to each of the 36 States of the federation plus FCT for the procurement of grains to be shared to eligible vulnerables as the fuel subsidy removal palliative grant.
The Federal Government also approved five trucks of rice for each State, and 40,000 bags of maize to be distributed across the States of the federation as palliatives to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal.
The question now relies on how the State Governments intends to share the grains to ensure that the procured items circulated among the vulnerables.
This article serves a guide on how the fuel subsidy removal palliative grant can be accessed. We have also detailed new decisions on the fuel subsidy removal palliative grant so as to inform our readers about what has happened and how they can access the fuel subsidy removal palliative grant across the States.
How to Access the Fuel Subsidy Removal Palliative Grant
The Fuel Subsidy Removal Palliative Grant can be accessed through the following outlined guides:
1. The State Government upon procuring and receiving the required number of grains for each State, would distributed accordingly to the Local Governments.
2. Some Local Governments may decide to narrow the distribution down to Wards or may choose to use the Local Government Secretariat as a central unit for the sharing of the grains to the eligible vulnerables in the Societies.
3. Anyone who wishes to get a share of the Fuel Subsidy Removal Palliative Grant should keep an eye on the Local Government Secretariat and the Local Government Wards to know when the sharing of the grains will begin in his or her area.
A report has emerged from Lagos State on Friday that some Local Government areas in the State have commenced sharing of the Fuel subsidy removal palliative grant to the vulnerables in the area.
The report indicated that some of the vulnerables who have gotten a share of the fuel subsidy removal palliative grant each were seen with half painter of rice, half painter of garri, one satchet of cooking oil, one satchet of tomato paste, among others.
Reports have also emerged from Cross River State and Akwaibom, among the States that have commenced the distribution of the fuel subsidy removal palliatives grant.
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