The Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has distributed stimulus package to citizens and vulnerable people in the eighteen (18) local government areas of the state.

Distributing the items on Wednesday, April 15th, 2020, at CROSPIL in Calabar, the governor said he had already approved N30,000 as monthly salary for beneficiaries of the automatic employment given to 8,000 youths who are between the ages of eighteen (18) and thirty five (35) effective from Tuesday, April 21st, 2020.

He said,

Distributing food is not the real palliatives, the real palliative is in giving people jobs. Palliative which is temporal is for poor and vulnerable people who cannot fend for themselves.

We are starting the real palliative on Tuesday. Whether you are a gardener or cleaner; whatever you can do, we will give you a job but we can only pay you N30,000. If you know you need it and want to earn that amount, please put down your names and phone numbers; you will be contacted.

The food will be shared through our traditional rulers to all the 18 LGAs. We want it to get to the grass roots; this is not about political party, it is about governance. We will also give to churches and various religious organisations to distribute because they know the people well.

Justin Nwosu

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