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Those That Qualify For The N5k COVID-19 Palliative -FG
BY CAMI EZENWA
If you are expecting the federal government’s COVID-19 palliative and you have more than N5, 000 in your account, you may not get it.
This is because the palliative is targeting only those on the very lower cadre of the economy and have less than N5,000 in their accounts presently.
Besides that, if you have been topping up your credit generously, you might also, technically speaking, get the palliative.
Government says it would use the mobile networks to identify people that top up the credit units for their phones with N100 or less, adding that state governments would now be involved in the distribution of food items.
These were part of the fallouts of the meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, which met in the bid to find succor for Nigeria’s poor amidst COVID-19.
The forum also said these measures have become necessary to avoid the kind of experience in Ecuador, where people in the informal sector poured onto the streets to defy lockdown because they were faced with hunger.
According to the report, this not only increased the rate of contacting the infection, but also led to the death of hundreds.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq later told journalists that the Ministry would now focus on the urban poor as it carries out President Buhari’s directive on the distribution of palliatives.
“You are aware that the President in his broadcast of Monday 13th April, directed that we expand the beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer by one million and in this regard, we are going to focus more now on the urban poor.
“These are people who depend on the informal sector to earn their livelihood; they are daily wage earners and these are the people that we are really going to focus more on as well as people living with disabilities.” She said the ministry would use three options in selecting the beneficiaries of the scheme.
“Well, we have three options; one, we are going to use the national social register that we already have.
“Two, we are also going to focus on the urban poor as I mentioned, by using their verified BVN accounts to get them, that is, people that have an account balance of N5, 000 and below.
“We are also using the mobile networks to know people that top up the credit units for their phones with may be N100 or less. Those are also people that we consider to be poor and vulnerable”.
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Oluwaseunfunmi enitan
April 17, 2020 at 7:24 pm
My prayer to God is to help us kill all our leaders with this covid 19
Abufirdausi Islamic model comprehensive
April 17, 2020 at 12:21 pm
Thanks my brother God bless you! 20k is nothing if repent to the creator (Allah). May Allah forgive us!
Abufirdausi H M Islamic model comprehensive
April 17, 2020 at 12:16 pm
Repentance is the solution! Let’s all repent to Allah, and see the Wonder. 20k is nothing. Allah Himself will eradicate the Covid 419
Great Amaka
April 17, 2020 at 12:13 pm
Please government should do something about this, why haven’t they sent the money, hungry go kill us
Benjamin chima
April 17, 2020 at 12:05 pm
Please, government should do something. I am a father of 3 children, a taxi driver. As i am writing this, we have nothing at home to eat, if You check my account, is not up to 300 naira there. Please, do it for my children’s sake, not me. 08092018036 is my number
Ameh David
April 17, 2020 at 11:04 am
it’s okay then
Raphael
April 17, 2020 at 7:35 am
Infact,what I see in the last three weeks of this lockdown is suffering and hardship in average Nigerians. Hunger may become the most feared than corona virus itself.
Micheal Adejuwon
April 17, 2020 at 7:34 am
Nigeria government ọlọrun lóba elesan ooooooo
Victor Essien
April 17, 2020 at 12:28 am
My Name is Victor
What is the real problem with Nigeria? Every thing is always an issue. The money self won’t even reach the proper people who are in need of it. I know of some families that won’t survive before next week Monday, Just that if the money does not reach places we the youth will arise and we won’t sit at home and wait any longer, I myself can’t die in silence
Sammy
April 17, 2020 at 12:19 am
I need the money also
Jessy
April 17, 2020 at 12:16 am
We really need money ,for feeding, please FG do something about it.
Eunice
April 16, 2020 at 11:44 pm
The federal government should be fast with what they want to do,because people are dying of hunger not COVID-19
Engr marcus
April 16, 2020 at 11:44 pm
Hmmmmmmmm I regret the day I was born a Nigerian
Korkyaa Stephen Terna
April 16, 2020 at 11:40 pm
It’s very good what His Excellency has said but is it’s not everyone that has account, they should take the cash to
the rural areas and distribute the money in cash,this is my own opinion.
Samuel Nseabasi
April 16, 2020 at 11:18 pm
Please I really need the palliative
I’m dying here because of hunger
Starving here and there!
Paul Taiwo Wiltshire
April 16, 2020 at 11:11 pm
I just wanted to know why Lagos State indigenes didn’t qualify for the monetary palliatives?
Damilola
April 16, 2020 at 10:30 pm
Let government help us because this thing is too much for us to bear
Balogun Ridwan
April 16, 2020 at 10:29 pm
Those that you want to give the N5000, are they the only ones voting in Nigeria?
Akinyemi Bolaji Abimbola
April 16, 2020 at 10:20 pm
My question is, what about those that have phone but they do not have account, how are they going to access the money? And please make it snappy, people need money.
Olaniyi
April 16, 2020 at 10:05 pm
We need to fear God in this country; if any money enter into our account you remove your percentage tax immediately to pay us money, is it hard for You?
America paid everybody with working permit $1200. They even gave their babies. Where are we going in this country. We can not satisfy our country
God is not happy about Nigeria, even dead people are not.
Mr Khaleelullahi
April 16, 2020 at 10:02 pm
Good idea
Yinusa omotayo
April 16, 2020 at 9:59 pm
I saw the link but must it be shared to 7groups on whatsapp before I am given. I don’t have any group and don’t belong to any. so am I disqualified
dan
April 16, 2020 at 9:51 pm
To he’ll with their money ,when corruption has eaten deep into this our blood, those expecting the money should keep waiting. AS For me I don’t have more than #150 naira in my accou. But if the children of Israelite can survive in the wilderness for forty years plus I will survive during this lock-down period.
Sunday Benjamin Aribilola
April 16, 2020 at 9:33 pm
When will the money be given and besides, how about the Ikeja Electric bills federal government pronounced that two months payment would be covered up and Ikeja Electric was telling us to be paying because federal government hasn’t signed any valid agreement with them? This is a very important issue because when we couldn’t go to work how can we be paying for the service
David abali
April 16, 2020 at 9:20 pm
We are dying by hunger
Please
Nancy
April 16, 2020 at 9:11 pm
When will it be distributed and what about the aged and disables that have no account, how will they cope ? Please people are starving seriously
If the sharing can be done just like the time of census, it would be better because of the aged and disabled. Please federal, see to it
OTHAMETAH GEORGE.
April 16, 2020 at 9:07 pm
Good measure but pls make it snappy
……..George
Temitope
April 16, 2020 at 9:07 pm
In this time of corona stuff, things are very hard that I just need to beg a friend to send me a token that after everything I will pay back. Please, government should just make it real
Joicelove
April 16, 2020 at 9:02 pm
To be honest we the poor masses are really suffering, no food or money to Carter for our needs, please government help us.
Emiator Janet
April 16, 2020 at 9:01 pm
How can this 5k get to those that are suffering without bank account, it would have be easy reaching them via communities but our politicians will not allow it get to this poor person’s. It is either they politicised the sharing or share it among their families.
Nuhu Adamu Kamale
April 16, 2020 at 8:39 pm
My good leaders and people of Nigeria,people are busy talking of how to share money amongst the people,let’s also talk of how we can turn to God to ask for our forgiveness so that our land can be healed.
YEWANDE OKE
April 16, 2020 at 8:34 pm
People are dieing of hunger, Federal Government should start paying the money.
Samueladetoyi
April 16, 2020 at 8:04 pm
And how true is it, please save the life of men
Don9ja
April 16, 2020 at 7:55 pm
I will support such idea because even our greedy politicians would have love to participate in it.
Gbenga
April 16, 2020 at 7:12 pm
They should start immediately.
Rex kelvin
April 16, 2020 at 7:06 pm
Hmmmmmmm other countries are doing good to their citizens but not this country Nigeria, may God help us we the poor
Abatta Godswill
April 16, 2020 at 6:29 pm
Its a very nice idea. But please, let the payment be distributed evenly to every one.
Dominic
April 16, 2020 at 5:59 pm
This is very funny, the governments are tricksters. If they truly want to share money to the low citizens they would have done it since and not talk about it. Their sharing is audio sharing. We are hearing and not seeing it. More than 40million Nigerian have BVN, even if it is 10,000naira or even 5000naira it would go a long way. Stop giving conditions, people are starving everyday. We hear about billions and trillions of naira everyday but more than 90% of Nigerians haven’t gotten even a 100naira. Our government is a serious joke
Meeting
April 16, 2020 at 5:41 pm
You mean someone who is having 5000 thousand naira in his or her account is a rich man in Nigeria. How much is a basket of rice, beans and garri. Nigeria leaders make onah do well.
faithbaba300@gmail.com
April 16, 2020 at 5:32 pm
So, if you don’t have up to 5000 in your account, you are not getting? Now, I don’t have anything in my account so I can’t survive with my family? Wonders shall never end and I have no job…
Solomon
April 16, 2020 at 5:31 pm
Here is the scam behind this all… Someone staying in Lagos, had his/her account opened in a local government area in Ilorin… Here has less than #5000 in his account. How are they going know he is an urban or rural person? Of they don’t want to help the poor let them say so and we will just do like Ecuador and try to save ourselves
Oke Christopher
April 16, 2020 at 5:11 pm
It should be done faster because many are slumping to death every day due to hunger, house rent palaver and other pressing issues of life. Thanks to the government and other philanthropists.
Abdul Hakeem
April 16, 2020 at 4:30 pm
What of those that don’t have anything in their account? I think accountant should find out the solution in order for us to benefit from it.
Chukwudi Chibunna
April 16, 2020 at 4:08 pm
Government should hear the cry of the massses…….since last two weeks before adding another extra two weeks we have been hearing cash transfer from federal Government, is it when we all die in hunger that they will start to send the money.??
Nigeria is number one among the un-serious countries in the whole world.
Alabi kolawole
April 17, 2020 at 12:39 am
I think they will surely do it.
AGBO CHIUGO
April 16, 2020 at 2:44 pm
Please I have not received my own alert. Please, l need the money. Account number:3131911498, FIRST BANK, Account Name, Dimanyaoha CHIUGO Perpetual,
Sunday gbenga
April 16, 2020 at 2:19 pm
Please and please sir, when are they going to start paying us , I am expecting the money because i am broke now, no food for me to eat, please, here is my account number 2049019043 UBA
Iniz Monday
April 16, 2020 at 2:15 pm
Please, remember me o. Hunger wants to finish one o. I seriously need the money. God bless you
Gift Okon Udo
April 16, 2020 at 2:11 pm
Please o, I am hungry oooooo. No money no money. Please, government help us o. As I am writing now, last month’s salary has not been paid. Please, pay us o as i don not have a dime in my account. Have been ‘drinking’ Garry since two days no; it’s not easy for me. Please, do something.
Alex
April 16, 2020 at 1:59 pm
Please i need the money
Lawal muritala
April 16, 2020 at 2:16 pm
When would the Nigeria government start sharing the 5,000 naira they promised, because Nigerians are not getting any money yet.
Atoyebi ismail
April 16, 2020 at 1:31 pm
So when would they start giving out the money to us
Akpobome mercy
April 16, 2020 at 1:21 pm
This is good but what about the one’s who are suffering and they don’t have an account? Or when will the money be paid, because a lot of people are starving slowly
Kelvin
April 16, 2020 at 5:28 pm
The government said urban. If you are in an urban area you are supposed to have an account, period
SERUMUN PETSE BUTU
April 16, 2020 at 5:29 pm
What about those who top up their phones with N100.00 but do not have account numbers? Furthermore, what of those who can not even top up their phones at all and don’t have account numbers. What of those who are over 70 years and are sick with diabetes, hypertension, etc and can’t afford even drugs for treatment? There are many people who are excluded.
Moradeyo
April 16, 2020 at 7:09 pm
Hope the bank name is not restricted because Nigerians use different banks. Also, account no is not restricted.
Some account numbers start with three zeros while some take another digit different from zeros.
Nifemi
April 16, 2020 at 8:07 pm
What of those people that do not have an Account, how are they going to get their own money?
Stephen
April 16, 2020 at 9:17 pm
We don’t want all these stories, they should send the money, that’s all we need