Pensioners and vulnerable persons in Ondo State are to start receiving N10,000 monthly from August to December. This was part of the palliatives to be provided by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal. Other measures include the distribution of free food packages to one million households across the 18 local government areas and the restoration of free shuttle buses for students from September to December 2023. Free shuttle boats and life jackets would be provided for students in the riverine areas. Ondo Commissioner for Finance and Chairman, Palliative Strategy and Implementation Committee, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa, who announced these measures at a briefing in Akure, said affordable rates would be charged for the shuttle buses from January 2024. Akinterinwa said existing buses in all MDAs would be deployed to serve as free shuttle buses to public servants till December 31st. He said additional CNG buses would be purchased to convey public…
Pensioners and vulnerable persons in Ondo State are to start receiving N10,000 monthly from August to December.
Other measures include the distribution of free food packages to one million households across the 18 local government areas and the restoration of free shuttle buses for students from September to December 2023.Ondo Commissioner for Finance and Chairman, Palliative Strategy and Implementation Committee, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa, who announced these measures at a briefing in Akure, said affordable rates would be charged for the shuttle buses from January 2024.
He said additional CNG buses would be purchased to convey public servants, to and from work at no cost to them, till December 31st. He said the State Government has suspended hospital registration and consultation fees as well as authorized immediate suspension of haulage fee collection on all non-graded agricultural produce.
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