The assumption is that those in charge of governance are knowledgeable and conversant with the workings of government, this is the reason why they are labelled ‘’The Powers That Be’’.
However, it becomes worrisome when those in power violate the laws made to curtail the spread of the coronavirus, which suggests that the leadership is in a state of coma.
In saner climes such individuals should have been shown the way out, but this is Nigeria.
Interestingly, as the debate on palliatives rages on, Nigerians insist that the conditional cash transfer has been on since 2016 and therefore cannot be classified as financial palliative for the coronavirus.
Indeed, the 20,000 Naira allowance is an accumulation of the unpaid amounts for January, February, March and April-been 5,000 Naira per month.
Sadly, despite the fact that the people are helpless, hungry and disillusioned, a single state, Katsina, has 130,455 of the 482,941 beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer in 24 states.
Katsina state has also received three truck loads of rice, while 5,000 homes have benefited from the 10,00 Naira interest free loan, tagged Tradermoni and another 5,000 have been given 5,000 Naira under the market money scheme in the state. Katsina state has benefited a lot .
Trailing the palliatives controversy is insecurity, which has already become an integral part of the lock down in several states of the federation.
Law enforcement agents are having a field day watching the activities of their creation as they engage in crime and criminality in several communities across the country.
Indeed, a number of residents are accomplices of the criminals. These category of residents encourage matchet wielding youth to go about in dead of the night to compel unsuspecting citizens to come out of their homes to keep vigil against phony attacks. Happenings in Molusi, Olorunsogo, Molete, Scout Camp and Felele areas all in Ibadan, Oyo state Nigeria are instructive.
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