President of the Senate, Mr Godswill Akpabio has said the various protests against the current economic crisis are being funded.
He said this during plenary in the House on Tuesday.
Recall that some section of the country have been protesting over the current economic hardship.
The protest which started from Niger State spiralled to Kano, Sokoto and Oyo respectively.
Since President Bola Tinubu abruptly ended the subsidy regime and unified the exchange rate in 2023, inflation rose to all time high. Continue Reading…
While speaking on Tuesday, Akpabio said the protesters are not aware of the efforts made by the senate and the federal government to address the situation.
“You can see a lot of sponsored protests here and there but those people are not aware — most of those sponsored protesters are not aware of the kind of efforts made by this senate to tackle the situation together with the management team of the federal government,” he said.
“Unverified reports have it that state governments in the last few months have received additional N30 billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), outside their normal allocations from the federation account, to assist them in ameliorating the food situation.
“So we believe that every state government should utilise the funds received towards ensuring that food is available.” Continue Reading…
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