Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved the extension of the N10,000 transport allowance granted to the state civil servants to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government by another six months.
The allowance, which was part of various interventions adopted by the state government at the wake of the deregulation policy in July ought to have ended in September.
He described the allowance as part of the temporary immediate-term interventions to allow the government to come up with appropriate medium and long-term intervention plans for all categories of people in the state. The governor, recalled that Ogun State was the first state to introduce E-Mobility and Gas Mobility Programme with Compressed Natural Gas enabled buses and electric-powered tricycles and motorcycles .
According to the governor, palliatives are not meant for people who are not in need, adding that it is impossible to distribute palliatives to the five million inhabitants of the state.
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