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NEC approves N5bn as palliative for each state

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The Federal Government has approved N5bn for each state to enable them to procure food items for distribution to the poor in their respective states.

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State disclosed this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, shortly after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting.

Thursday’s development comes in the wake of the hike in the cost of food items and petroleum owing to the removal of subsidy on the commodities.

According to him, the Federal Government also released five trucks of rice each to the 36 state governors.

Explaining further, Governor Zulum said the state governors are to procure 100,000 bags of rice, 40,000 bags of maize, and fertilizers.

He noted that 52 percent of the funds were given to the state governments as grants, while 48% were loans.

Apart from Governor Zulum and Vice President Kashim Shettima, who chaired it, governors across the country and other stakeholders were at the meeting.

Aside from the economic difficulties facing Nigeria in the wake of the subsidy removal, NEC also discussed security issues, especially recent attacks in the northern parts of the country.

Members of the NEC have been deliberating on measures to cushion the impact of the subsidy removal and have held a series of meetings to map out measures to make that happen.

NEC’s most recent meeting comes hours after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited secured a $3 billion Emergency Crude Repayment Loan from the African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIM) Bank.

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