Founder, Olise Omolu Foundation, Mr Sunday Omolu has called on both federal and state governments to address the issue of the stimulus package to cushion the effect of lockdown order on Nigerians.
He observed as things now stand, the palliatives package might not serve its purpose, saying the majority of the people who were supposed to benefit from the exercise have not. And the very few that have had access to the items complain that it was nothing to write home about.
According to him, “Two things might have given rise to this fiasco. It’s either the items were not generously provided by the authorities or those assigned to do the distribution did not acquit themselves creditably. If it is the latter, then it is indeed a national tragedy as it is fast becoming our national ethos.
“Take the way relief materials meant for the Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) camps are routinely abused and you will get the point I am making here. We are not generous in this country and when we are entrusted with the responsibility of dispensing what governments have made available to people in distress, we make sure that the goodies do not get to the people they are meant for.
“We are callous, greedy and wicked that is why the IDP camps are suffering deprivations today. Let those in the corridors of power for once be more humane and transparent in the way they handle emergencies when compensating the people is involved. Let them show some sense of patriotism.
“There is no fellow feeling otherwise why a government official should fail to deliver relief materials to the people that they are meant for”.