The Oyo State government, has said that the various strategies put in place in the execution of palliatives for pensioners, the aged and the vulnerable ones in the state are working.
Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, who disclosed this during a courtesy visit to his office by the Oyo State chapter of Association of Professional Retired Nurses and Midwives of Nigeria, APRNMN, at the secretariat, Ibadan, the state capital today.
Oyelade said that in the next few days, when the roll out is in full swing, the public will be kept abreast of the full details about the measures and impact to counter the effect of fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government.
The commissioner averred that the Oyo State government has set up a palliative committee on the Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery, SAfER, initiative to strategize on how the palliative distribution would make the right impact on the masses.
He said that to make it more effective, the SAfER committee divided itself into five sub-committees that are fine-tuning strategies on palliative distribution across the state.
Oyelade said that the five sub-committees are: Transportation; Food Palliatives; and Food Security.
Other sub-committees are: Small and Micro-Enterprises, and Healthcare.
He enthused, “The governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, is conscious of the vulnerability of retirees, the aged and down-trodden in the society. So, the palliative measures that are being rolled out are focused on these groups of people.”
Earlier, the chairman of Oyo State chapter of APRNMN, Balogun Gaphar Ojetola, while congratulating the commissioner on his deserved appointment, expressed the optimism that the state will benefit immensely from his professional experience of many years of service in the industry.
