Makinde counters Tinubu, says N570bn to states not from Federal give

Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, says the N570 billion disbursed to states did not come from the federal government.

In a newsletter, the governor said President Bola Tinubu’s remark that 36 states were given N570 billion to “expand livelihood support to their citizens” is “another case of misrepresentation of facts”.

“The said funds were part of the World Bank-assisted NG-CARES project — a Programme for Results intervention,” Makinde said.

“The World Bank facilitated an intervention to help States in Nigeria with COVID-19 Recovery. CARES means COVID-19 Action Recovery Economic Stimulus.

“It was called the Programme for Results because States had to use their money in advance to implement the programme.