SAN FRANCISCO, January 04, (THEWILL) – The Presidency on Wednesday disagreed with Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State for describing the monthly payment of N5,000 stipend to the poorest as mere propaganda, stressing that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is not one that will lie to Nigerians.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande had in a statement on Monday said that the stipend had been paid to poor Nigerians in nine states.
Reacting in a statement by his chief press secretary on Tuesday, Fayose said there had been no such payment in his state which was one of the nine states the Federal Government listed as beneficiaries of the first batch of the scheme.
But speaking after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina urged Nigerians to accept as the truth the statement issued by the Office of the Vice-President that the federal government had begun payments of N5,000 to indigent persons.
He said, “On the N5,000 stipend, it was announced specifically from the Office of the Vice-President that the scheme has started in nine states. And then a certain governor came and said it was not true. It’s just a matter of who do you believe.
“This is a government that is built on integrity and accountability. This government will not lie to Nigerians, does not lie to Nigerians, in fact anything you hear from this government you can take it to the bank, believe it.
“So if anybody comes and says it is not true. Choose who to believe; I can tell you that you should believe this government because this government will not lie to you,” Adesina added.
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