Palliatives: Group Urges S/East Govs To Avoid Discrimination

The Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), has urged governors in the region to avoid discrimination in the distribution of the post-subsidy removal palliatives to the poor and vulnerable.

The president-general of the group, Chief Goodluck Ibem, who made the call in a statement to newsmen in Aba yesterday, also urged the governors to ensure timely distribution of the palliatives.

He said the essence of the palliatives is to cushion the effects of the removal of the petrol subsidy on the people and not to empower their political followers.

“We are saying that the governors should ensure that the palliatives get to the right people, and not to their political loyalists.

“It is unfair to delay the distribution process, give the palliative to the people when they need it, and when it will be of benefit to them,” he said.

Ibem urged the governors of the region to devise reliable means of identifying the poor and vulnerable people in their respective states.

The president-general said that the funds expended on the palliatives would be a waste if the items failed to reach the right people.

”We don’t want to hear the stories of the COVID-19 era where palliatives were hoarded and not given to the right people,” he said.

He urged the public to monitor the distribution process and confront the system if the right things are not done. (NAN)