Fuel subsidy removal: Mbah Inaugurates Committee on Palliatives for Enugu State
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has rolled out palliatives to mitigate the harsh economic effects of the recent removal subsidy on petrol by the federal
government.
The governor said his government feels the pains the people are passing through.
The governor made the remarks on Monday in Enugu while inaugurating a committee for the procurement, storage and distribution of relief items to the citizens.
He charged members of the committee, chaired by the Deputy Governor, Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai, to handle the palliatives with transparency, while ensuring the speedy distributions of the items to those in dire need.
Governor Mbah who acknowledged the harsh impact the fuel subsidy removal had occasioned on the people, further said that the subsidy removal would immensely benefit Nigerians in the long run.
While maintaining that he shared in the pains Nigerians were going through at the moment, he expressed the hope that the palliatives would help alleviate their hardship.
Gov. Mbah also enjoined the committee to spare no effort in ensuring that the palliatives were sent to “homes of those that need them the most in the state.”
Responding on behalf of the committee members, the Deputy Governor expressed the committee’s readiness to deliver on the assignment and work with the template given to them in ways that would reflect transparency.
He appreciated the governor for responding to the yearnings of the people, even as he assured that the committee would not disappoint in the discharge of their responsibilities.
Members of the committee are the chairman, Association of Local Governments in Nigeria (ALGON), Enugu State, and Chairman of Nkanu East Local Government Area, Hon. Okechukwu Sydney Edeh, ALGON Deputy Chairman and Chairman of Uzo Uwani Local Government Area, Hon. Chukwudi Nnadozie, Chairman of Awgu Local Area, Hon. Pedro Nwankwo abd his Enugu East counterpart, Hon. Livinus Anike.
Others are the Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture, Mike Ogbuekwe, Programme Manager of Enugu State Agricultural Development Programme (ENADEP), Dr. Ogbonna Onyeisi, and the head of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Chinasa Mbah.
