Daniel Bwala, an aide to Atiku Abubakar the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has described the N5 billion palliative proposed by President Bola Tinubu’s administration as renewed nonsense.

Bwala made the statement while stating that the organized labour demystified the N5 billion palliative to State governments. He noted that the calculation by the organized labour showed that each person would get N1,500 from the palliative. Bwala on X (formally known as Twitter) tweeted: “The organized labour has demystified the so-called 5 billion nairas FGN gave to States; first the FGN said it was a palliative and they are now saying it is a loan.

“Organized labour further did their arithmetical calculations and arrived at a shameful conclusion that the so-called 5 billion naira comes down to N1,500 per person. “How much is the cost of food items in the market? Renewed nonsense.” The Federal Government had announced plans to release N5 billion as palliative to cushion the effect of subsidy removal.