The acting Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Wednesday, said the state government is initiating and launching plans to introduce palliative to cushion the impact of subsidy removal.
Ayedatiwa who stated this in a statement said the government is already aware of the hardship and inconveniences faced by the people following the removal of fuel subsidy and its attendant effects.
He expressed concern at the hardship unleashed by the removal of fuel subsidy as it continued to deepen the pains of residents particularly workers in the state workforce.
He said the government was already aware of the hardship and inconveniences faced by the people.
Aiyedatiwa, in the statement, stated that the state government would cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal by collaborating with the federal government through the National Economic Council (NEC), headed by Vice President, Kashim Shettima
He disclosed that the state government had also been talking to the leaders of organised labour in the state to cushion the effect of the burden introduced by the fuel subsidy removal.
“It is important to reiterate to our people that the State Government is as well not oblivious of the hardship and inconveniences attendant to the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.
“Apart from the measures being contemplated by the State Government, our administration is also in collaboration with the Federal Government, through the National Economic Council, headed by the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Kashim Shetima, GCON, with a view to birthing enduring palliative measures to remedy the excruciating effects of the policy, within available resources.
“The State Government organized labour leaders and critical segments of the State are collaborating well in this direction for the good of the public workers and the entire citizenry of Ondo State,” the acting governor added in the statement.
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