Jubilation in Kwara as Residents Receive Alert of Buhari’s N5000 Stipend; It’s a Lie, Fayose
There is excitement among beneficiaries of the N5000 federal government stipend in Kwara following confirmation of payment of the fund.
The federal government had announced the payment of N5000 to poor people in the country which was part of the campaign of the All Progressives Congress and covered in the 2016 budget
The Kwara state government confirmed that some targeted residents have started receiving their money. Hajia Ayinke Saka who is the state commissioner for women affairs and social development confirmed the payment of the fund.
She said beneficiaries included residents from Ilorin West, Ilorin East and Ilorin South and that it was spread across the16 local government areas of the state.
Saka said the difficulty in opening bank accounts and verification numbers was the cause of the delay for some people and promised that others will start receiving their payment in a week. She disclosed that more than 10,000 Kwarans were expected to benefit from the scheme and that all of them will be catered for.
Publish Names of Nigerians Who Have Received N5,000 Stipend – Fayose Dares Buhari
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has asked the President to be truthful and publish names of those who have reportedly benefited from its N5000 stipend.
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to be a transparent leader by publishing names of Nigerians who benefited from the Federal Government’s N5,000 stipend.
The outspoken Governor described the N5,000 initiative as a mere propaganda as he dared President Buhari to publish the names of all the beneficiaries to prove him wrong.
Fayose made the statement public on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi. He said there was no evidence of the payment in his state, which is one of the states the Federal Government claimed the exercise had started.
“A blind man will say it is when it gets into my mouth that I will say you are feeding me, not promises.” Fayose said.
According to him, the states in which particiP@nts have started receiving the payment were the APC-controlled states. He warned Buhari to stop his acts of propaganda and address the hunger in the land as people have become tired of his empty promises. Fayose challenged the government to publish the number of people and the accounts of those who had received the money for all to see.
The Presidency had last week said the first batch of the millions to receive N5000 stipend have already reported receiving their first payments as at last Friday, December 30, 2016.
