NEC Decides On Palliative Measures For Nigerians, dumps FG’s social investment register

The National Executive Council (NEC) has agreed on palliative measures for Nigerians as a way to cushion the effect of the petrol subsidy and the hike in prices of the commodity.

The decision was reached on Thursday at a meeting held at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja.

The meeting, which was chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, has in attendance governors of the 36 states of the Federation, the Director General of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, as well as stakeholders from the World Bank and other agencies of government.

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The NEC has also decided to dumped the national social register under Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for lack of credibility and considered integrity tests on state social registers.

The council, instead, proposed the implementation of a cash transfer programme for states based on their social registers and a cash reward policy for public servants for six months.

At the meeting which lasted for over five hours, government officials were urged to reduce the cost of governance in their various spheres. This is even as the Federal Government initiated a six-month cash award policy for public servants.

Food items grains and fertilisers are to be distributed by state governments at the rate acquired from National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and states are urged to double down on energy transition plans in the transport sector.