CLO warns Soludo against hoarding subsidy palliatives like COVID-19 handouts
Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has called on Governor Charles Soludo to ensure transparency when sharing the palliatives received from the federal government to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal to Anambra residents.
The CLO made the call in a statement signed by its chairman and secretary, Vincent Ezekwueme and Chidi Mbah on Friday.
”The only way to actualise the federal government’s good intentions is to ensure prudent, patriotic, selfless and transparent disbursement of the palliatives for the benefit of the targeted citizens,” said the CLO. “Government should constitute committee made up of of men and women of impeccable character and integrity to ensure that the palliatives get to the targeted beneficiaries and citizens.”
The CLO stressed that, for Anambra to do the right thing, the political class should not be included in the committee to avoid using the palliatives to compensate political loyalists.
“We will monitor,observe and ensure that justice is done to all and sundry in the disbursement of the palliatives,” it added. “We will not tolerate what happened during the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives in which hoarding and abuses became the order of the day.”
On August 17, the federal government allocated N5 billion to each state, including the FCT, as palliatives to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal.
(NAN)
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