Subsidy Removal: Osun govt begins distribution of palliatives today
Osun state government says its has received 2-billion naira out of the 5-billion naira palliative money earmarked for the state by the Federal government.
The state commissioner for information and public enlightenment Kolapo Alimi made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo, the state capital.
According to the statement, the template and modalities of payment of the palliative money to the residents of the state will be made by the Palliative Committee at their forthcoming meeting.
The state Government also discloses that its committee on palliative will today commence the distribution of rice it received from the federal government as palliative to the people of the state.
The release states that the committee has finalized the mode of sharing and beneficiaries would begin to receive the rice palliatives according to the time -table prepared to capture everyone.
According to the release, the total number of the subsidized rice palliatives that will be distributed is 5,700: three thousand 50kg from the first batch of palliatives, and Two thousand seven hundred 50kg bags of rice from the second batch.
The state government urges the people of the state to be orderly, assuring that the palliatives will get to the target beneficiaries across the state.
