House of Reps approves President Tinubu’s N500bn request for Palliatives

The House of Representatives has approved the sum of of N500 billion less than 24 hours after Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu  tabled the request.

The House on Thursday approved the request by amending the Supplementary budget, thereby granting the request by the president.

TheNewsGuru.com reports that president Bola Tinubu wrote a letter seeking the approval of the N500 billion to sort out palliatives for the people of the country.

However, few hours after the request was made the  Green chamber considered the bill and passed it.

The president had at his inauguration removed the controversial subsidy regime on petroleum which caused the retail price of PMS to increase by 200%.