Anslem Umoren, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Abuja Archdiocese, has expressed doubt about the Federal Government’s intention to provide N8,000 to 12 million homes in Nigeria for a period of six months.
Considering that there are over 200 million Nigerians, Umoren also wants to know who will profit from the N8,000 as well as the information the Federal Government will utilize to carry out its plan.
On Sunday, he made this claim while chatting with reporters outside the Serra Club, Garki, Abuja, Mass and Charter Presentation event.
According to Platinum Times, President Bola Tinubu requested the National Assembly to support the welfare of the nation’s poor and vulnerable households through the Federal Government’s National Safety Net Program.
For six months, Tinubu said that N8,000 would be digitally transferred each month to the accounts of 12 million low-income and disadvantaged households.
“I want to call on the government to do all it plans to alleviate the sufferings of the people, it cannot be business as usual,” Umoren said.
“I don’t want to believe all that I see in the media is true; 8,000 households, which data are you using? Who is going to benefit from it? We are over 200 million.
“They need to rethink what they are trying to do to make sure that what they are doing will reach out to everyone. Otherwise, it will be the same as before.”