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COVID-19: Infected or not, every part of Nigeria should get FG’s stimulus package —Lawan

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The President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on the Federal Government to make sure there was equity and fairness in the distribution of the COVID-19 stimulus package.

He said government should ensure that every part of the country should have something to ameliorate the situation whether it was coronavirus-infected or not.

This was contained in a statement signed and released on Wednesday by Lawan’s Special Adviser (Media), Mr Ola Awoniyi.

The statement quoted Lawan as having made the appeal when the National Assembly leadership met with some members of the Presidential Committee on COVID-19.

Lawan said, “We must ensure that there is equity. That there is fairness in the interventions. Every part of this country should have something to ameliorate the situation whether it is Coronavirus infected or not.

“In fact, some of our states have been in a very difficult situation before the outbreak of Coronavirus and such interventions will definitely help.”

He further called on the relevant agencies of government to ensure that they streamlined their activities along the provisions in the 2020 budget and to avoid needless duplication of projects.

He said, “In our stimulus package, we need to ensure provisions that will streamline with what is already in the 2020 budget so that we don’t duplicate what is already in the 2020 budget.

“And of course, there is utmost need to streamline what the Federal Ministry of Finance is proposing and what the CBN is also proposing because some of the proposals may have a spill over effect on some projects.

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“So there is the need for the Federal Ministry of Finance and the CBN to have their intervention streamlined in such a manner that what someone loses under the stimulus package of the Federal Ministry of Finance, he gains in the stimulus package of the CBN.

“We must ensure that these iInterventions have very clear and definite measurable targets.

“We shouldn’t just throw money and there and then we don’t see anything because the National Assembly will ensure that it monitors every single Kobo if and when the proposal is endorsed.”

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