Tinubu’s N8,000 palliative plan, insult to common sense—Okonkwo

A frontline member of the Labour Party, Kenneth Okonkwo has described the plans by the federal government to pay poor Nigerian households N8,000 monthly for six months as an insult to common sense in the country.

Okonkwo, who made the call on Monday in his twitter handle also added that the plan is a clever way to steal government funds in the name of providing palliatives for poor Nigerians.

The veteran Nollywood actor claimed that the amount would not be sufficient for poor Nigerians who could barely afford a plate of food.

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He wrote, “A government that commenced its regime with N352 increase in fuel per litre, depreciated naira by 82% from the first day in office, borrowed $800m (N650b) to share N35b to Judiciary, N70b to the Legislature, then N48,000.00 for a family of about six persons for six months, arresting and detaining Nigerians without trial is a government that is anti-people.

“Giving a Nigerian household a paltry sum of N8,000 a month that cannot afford a plate of food for a Nigerian is not only an insult to common sense but a formula to steal government funds in the name of poor Nigerians. What can a Nigerian do with N8,000 per month, much less a household of about 6 persons per month. This government is a waste and a scourge. Now we are seeing the true definition of cluelessness.”