The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said an “unverified report" indicated that state governors received N30 billion each from the Federation Account to ameliorate inflation and the high cost of food in their respective states.
According to premium times "Last September, the federal government said N2 billion was released to governors out of the N5 billion loan it offered to each state as a palliative to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy.
"During the plenary on Tuesday, Mr Akpabio said information available to him indicates that apart from the first tranche of funds given to the governors, an additional N30 billion was also to them through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
"The senate president advised the governors to utilise the funds judiciously to reduce the high cost of food items and other challenges facing the country.
“We believed that every state government should utilise the funds received towards ensuring that food is available in the country.
“So, the state governments have a lot to do. They are closer to the people and I do not want to mention local government because most of the local governments are controlled by the state governors.
Mr Akpabio also referenced protests staged against the high cost of food items and the cost of living.
On Tuesday, residents of Ibadan protested the high prices of food and other commodities and two weeks ago, residents of Minna, Niger State, trooped out in large numbers to protest the rising cost of living.
Last Monday, residents of Sokoto also protested the high cost of living in the country, calling on the government to find a lasting solution.
“The situation is revolving daily. You can see a lot of protests here and there but those people are not aware. Most of those sponsored protests are not aware of the kind of efforts being made by this Senate to tackle the situation together with the joint management team of the Federation Government of Nigeria.
“There is no father that will want to see his child sleep in the night without food with the stomach grumbling, so we must provide. That is why I said we must not limit our discussion to – we will not import food, wherever we can find food to put on the table of Nigerians, we shall do so”.
Mr Akpabio explained that the worsening state of the economy was caused by COVID-19, insecurity and the N30 trillion Ways and Means advancement obtained by the Muhammadu Buhari administration from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
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"Sanni Shehu, Prominent Senator and my friend reviewed the fund given to the state government to be used as prescribed.
"Every ate governors has received N30B and we have not seen anything, this is modern enslave and I will say our youths are not lazy but weak, afraid to take back their country, I am charging the youths across the 36 states to ask their governors how they spend their N30B.
We have the right to as them, we have the same right with them, candidly, they are just hiding under disguise of democracy, I will keep saying the truth to them, they must do what is right, it is our right to protest and ask questions, Nigeria cannot continue like this, it is either WE LIVE OR DIE!
We must save this country, we are too rich to be poor and I urge that everyone, especially the youths must do a national protest, it is not about Tinubu, e as released money constitutionally to the governors, this should not be about religion, all the Pastors, Imams should be on the side of the people.
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