Yasir Aladodo reports
In order to mitigate the hardship that the subsidy removal might have caused Kwarans, the Kwara State Government has made a scheme which includes registration, verification as well as distribution of subsidy’s palliative worth of 10,000 naira to Kwara State students across the Country.
It can be recalled that on Monday 29 May, in his inaugural speech, President Bola Tinubu said Nigeria’s fuel subsidies would be scrapped, citing budgetary concerns. The decision led to a steep rise in fuel prices and widespread panic-buying of fuel.
Speaking with The News Digest Press, Iqbal Muhammad Nasir, a 300 level student of biochemistry at the Kwara State University Malete, expressed his delightful thought, that if the state government can truly execute this plan, the students will be grateful for such will reduce their financial difficulties.
He said, “I think this will make every student feel better and excited, because this money will also help them cater for their needs. It will help students leaving far from the school by indirectly subsidizing their transport.”
Similarly, Abdul Rahman Rabiu, a 200-level of Adult Education, from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, who also Applied for the student palliative, praised the government for the awaited palliative
“If I am finally shortlisted for the verification, I will be very happy and grateful to God.
“If they pay us this money, I mean that 10,000 naira. I’m quite optimistic that it will go a long way in solving my needs this coming semester,” Hoped Rabiu.
Aladodo Mutmaeenah is also a 300 level of Medical Laboratory Science Of Kwara State University Malete (KWASU) who termed this particular offer as a way of helping students, particularly those that have not sponsore.
Her words: “I see this subsidy palliative as nothing but a way of helping Students. Although, to some people, this money might just be nothing or a small token, to me it will go a long way in helping me getting through my academic program.”