STRAIGHT INTO NIGERIANS’ ACCOUNTS: COSEYL INFORMS TINUBU

Babatunji Wusu –

Direct money payments into people’s accounts have been supported by the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, or COSEYL, as a way to guarantee accountability and transparency in initiatives to reduce hunger.

The Coalition said that the N30 billion allotted to state governors to ease hardship could be embezzled and stressed that the federal government should work directly with farmers, legislators, and other elected officials in order to combat hunger.

Following Senate President Godswill Akapbio’s disclosure that the Federal Inland Revenue Service gave N30 billion to each of the 36 governors to help alleviate the current food crisis, COSEYL, via President General Goodluck Ibem, expressed concerns in a statement released on Thursday that the funds might not make it to the intended recipients.

According to the statement, “The previous N5 billion and rice palliatives given by President Tinubu to governors did not get to the people it was meant for.

“Unfortunately, the palliatives and money ended-up in the private pocket of governors and we challenged them to show us evidence that they gave out the money to the people or show us how it was used for the benefit of the people.

“If the Federal Government is sincere in its determination to address hunger in the land, it should bypass the governors, lawmakers, politicians and send the money directly into the accounts of the people for probity and accountability.”