Stampede deaths: States list tough conditions for palliative distribution

Stampede deaths: States list tough conditions for palliative distribution

As part of efforts to prevent tragedies at public events, several states have started the implementation of strict precautionary measures, The PUNCH reports. This comes after 67 people, 35 of them children, died in stampedes in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital; Okija, Anambra State and Abuja during a funfair and food distribution ceremonies. In the rush to secure free food items from the organisers, some of the participants were trampled […]

December 23, 2024 8

NEWS

FG seeks 18-month extension for $800m W’Bank palliative scheme

No fewer than three million poor and vulnerable households have benefitted from the $800m palliative loan disbursed by the World Bank to cushion the effect of recent government policies, such as the fuel subsidy removal. Of these beneficiaries, 700 thousand households were from rural areas and about 2.5 million households were from urban areas. The World Bank revealed this in its restructuring paper on how to bolster its social safety […]

June 20, 2024 22

BUSINESS

Govt palliative worsening food inflation, says Cardoso

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has said that the huge purchase of foodstuffs by the government as palliatives is contributing to the galloping food inflation in the country. He stated this in his contributions during the March Monetary Policy Committee, which was published on the website of the CBN. The MPC increased the benchmark interest rate to 24.75 per cent, from 22.75 per cent. The […]

May 3, 2024 2

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