The Federal Government has constituted a committee
to draw up guidelines for the disbursement of ten billion naira
palliative fund for road transport operators and workers.
The Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki, disclosed
this in Abuja while receiving officials of the National Union of Road
Transport Workers, led by their National President, Tajudeen Lawal.
In a statement issued by the Director, Public Relations, Federal
Ministry of Transportation, Eric Ojiekwe, the minister urged the
unions to work towards having one recognized body that the ministry
could deal with to ensure that the fund was disbursed as soon as
possible as it would be counter-productive to delay the disbursement.
Saraki commended the transport workers for their perseverance during
the lockdown, stressing that this was despite the fact that their
livelihoods were disrupted.
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