The Enugu State Government has released the criteria for the selection of beneficiaries of fuel subsidy removal palliatives in the State, insisting they must be the vulnerable and disadvantaged ones in the society.
This was made known in Enugu on Monday by the Deputy Governor, Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai during a meeting with the chairmen of the 17 local government areas of the state on the criteria for the selection of intended beneficiaries of fuel subsidy removal palliatives in the state.
Barr Ossai, who is the Chairman of the State Palliative Committee, outlined the criteria, saying these included one person in a family with one or more child out of school due to financial constraints, persons detained in hospital after treatment or refused treatment due to inability to pay medical bills, persons especially widows who make a living in their community, working on other people’s farms, or domestic work to make a living, and widows with children, whose oldest child in school is in a class below secondary school.
