The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has warned that the N30 billion reportedly allocated to all state governors to alleviate the present hardship in the country may be embezzled.
Recall that the Senate President Godswill Akapbio had revealed that each of the 36 governors received N30 billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service recently to assist in ameliorating the current food crisis.
Reacting, COSEYL in a statement issued on Thursday by its President General, Goodluck Ibem, expressed concern that the money would not get to the targeted beneficiaries.
The Coalition said the money would only “end-up in the private pocket of the governors”.
COSEYL urged President Bola Tinubu to reach the citizens directly via their various bank account details, stressing that previous interventions rolled out by the Federal Government were not received by the people.
According to the statement, “The previous N5 billion and rice palliatives given by President Tinubu to governors did not get to the people it was meant for.
“Unfortunately, the palliatives and money ended-up in the private pocket of governors and we challenged them to show us evidence that they gave out the money to the people or show us how it was used for the benefit of the people.
“If the Federal Government is sincere in its determination to address hunger in the land, it should bypass the governors, lawmakers, politicians and send the money directly into the accounts of the people for probity and accountability.”
