Claim by Olusegun Dada, Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Social Media, confirming report of distribution of palliative items worth N200 million to each senator and N100 million worth of it to each House of Representatives member has drawn the denial of the Red Chamber.
“After initial logistics delay, I can now confirm that Senators and members of the House of Representatives have started taking stock of the Federal Government’s palliative items for their constituents as part of efforts to ease life for all Nigerians. Each HoR member received items worth N100m while Senatorial constituencies got palliative items worth N200m,” Dada posted on his X handle on Thursday.
The declaration got the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Adeyemi Adaramodu talking.
Adaramodu in an interview he granted Premium Times refuted the Presidential aide’s claim saying, “Was it the minister that said that or the president because as for me I have not seen anything.
“If they had handed it over to us, you would see trailers loaded with food items across all constituencies in Ekiti State, Ondo and Oyo states and other states. Our people will even be happy to get the items from the federal government.”
