Many of the intended vulnerable people did not get the palliatives as politicians allegedly hijacked the distribution/
Items procured by the Akwa Ibom State Government for distribution to vulnerable people as palliatives against the impacts of theThe findings, based on investigation conducted in the oil-rich Niger Delta state, including interviews with civil society activists, residents and partisans, provide an explanation for the promise-delivery gap regarding the COVID-19 palliative items in the state.
The Secretary to the State Government and Chairman Akwa Ibom State COVID-19 Management Committee, Emmanuel Ekuwem, in a signed publication published in a local newspaper, Midweek Pioneer, of June 24-25, announced a total cash donation of N298.1 million from the Niger Delta Development Commission, and individual and corporate philanthropists.
“The time the government asked us not to go out, I stayed at home but I did not receive anything from the government,” Mrs Archibong said. “That is why I have to come out to sell to have something to eat. I heard that some people were given some food items but I didn’t see anything.” Mr Ukem said all he got did not feed his family for a day. But he was lucky that he could continue working during the lockdown. He combines his motorcycle taxi work with farming.
He observed that a committee of such nature with the exclusion of civil society and the media would not deliver on its mandate. “Unless you are a member of the PDP, then the palliative does not come to you. It couldn’t go round, and the little they had was shared out on party basis.
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