The Anambra State Governor Willie
Obiano is under pressure to use 50 per cent of security votes to provide
palliatives in a bid to cushion the effects of coronavirus in the state.
Obiano is under pressure to use 50 per cent of security votes to provide
palliatives in a bid to cushion the effects of coronavirus in the state.
Governor Obiano had donated 200 bags
of 10kg rice to elderly people from 70 years and above in the 179 communities
of the state, waived toll fees for tricycle operators and promised to give 400
bags of rice to youths across the state, but some individuals are clamouring
for more, insisting that the state receives over N1.2b monthly as security
vote.
of 10kg rice to elderly people from 70 years and above in the 179 communities
of the state, waived toll fees for tricycle operators and promised to give 400
bags of rice to youths across the state, but some individuals are clamouring
for more, insisting that the state receives over N1.2b monthly as security
vote.
An Awka-based socialite and comedy
artiste, Aiza Nwosu and a philosopher, Dr. Elo Aforka, told The Guardian that
if Governor Obiano redirects about 50 per cent of the security votes to provide
palliatives, it would go a long way in cushioning the effect of the lockdown.
artiste, Aiza Nwosu and a philosopher, Dr. Elo Aforka, told The Guardian that
if Governor Obiano redirects about 50 per cent of the security votes to provide
palliatives, it would go a long way in cushioning the effect of the lockdown.
Nwosu and Aforka pointed out that
Obiano had always spent his security votes on preventing and combating crimes,
insisting that channeling 50 per cent of it to preventing criminal tendencies
on the part of the youth was a welcomed development.
Obiano had always spent his security votes on preventing and combating crimes,
insisting that channeling 50 per cent of it to preventing criminal tendencies
on the part of the youth was a welcomed development.
They lamented that the lockdown orders
have forced some youth to take to crime to survive, stressing that a further
extension of the stay-at-home directive would escalate activities of hoodlums
in the state.
have forced some youth to take to crime to survive, stressing that a further
extension of the stay-at-home directive would escalate activities of hoodlums
in the state.
But in a swift reaction, the
Commissioner of Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba said the
crash of oil price in the international market would likely take the federal
and state governments to the drawing board to rejig their budgets.
Commissioner of Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba said the
crash of oil price in the international market would likely take the federal
and state governments to the drawing board to rejig their budgets.
Adinuba pointed out that Anambra State
was not immune from seeking budgetary review in order to do the needful,
including reviewing the security votes, if necessary, but stressed that the
governor could not unilaterally change the figures.
was not immune from seeking budgetary review in order to do the needful,
including reviewing the security votes, if necessary, but stressed that the
governor could not unilaterally change the figures.
