Breaking: Fayose begins payment of N5,000 to Ekiti residents

– Ekiti state government has announced the commencement of the implementation of its Social Welfare Scheme for the needy, aged and unemployed – 10,000 beneficiaries under the scheme, that are already shortlisted, would receive N5,000 each monthly – Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose said the programme was designed to reduce the financial challenges faced by the beneficiaries The Ekiti state government on Wednesday, October 5, announced the commencement of the implementation of its Social Welfare Scheme for the needy, aged and unemployed.

Ten thousand beneficiaries under the scheme who are already shortlisted, would receive N5,000 each monthly. Governor Ayo Fayose, who launched the scheme, said beneficiaries cut across various strata of the society, adding that the money was being paid directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. According to the governor, the programme was designed to reduce the financial challenges faced by the beneficiaries. He assured that in spite the current economic downturn, his administration would still find ways of helping the downtrodden to enable them live in some level of comfort. Ekiti state governor said the beneficiaries cut across the physically-challenged, albinos, visually-impaired, the aged, among others. No fewer than 6,000 beneficiaries had their accounts credited with the money on Wednesday, October 5, the kick-off date. He explained that by directly crediting accounts of beneficiaries, the state was eliminating fraud and ensuring that the real beneficiaries get the money. In another development, Fayose has commended the federal government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for aligning with his position on the need to reintroduce History in the school curriculum. Governor Fayose, had early September, directed that History be reintroduced in schools in Ekiti State, noting that; “Ekiti people must learn from past events to have a better future.”