Palliatives: “We Are Not Beggars,” CDA Chairman Slams Ogun Government

The delivery of palliatives was disputed by a man posing as the chairman of the Shokeye Community Development Area in Ogun State, who claimed that the community is not hungry nor in need of them.

According to a widely shared social media video, the guy is shown griping about the meager quantity of rice allotted to the 147 houses of Shokeye Estate while holding a bag of rice bearing the brand name “Ogun State Palliative Programme.”

“I am the chairman of Shokeye CDA, and I was just at home now, and they brought this for me as palliative for the whole of Shokeye Estate. In this estate, we have 147 houses with families and tenants living there,” he stated.

“We are not hungry; we are not beggars. So we don’t need your rice as palliative. This is not even up to one-eight of a bag of rice.”

His comments were made a month after the Federal Government allocated N5 billion to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and each state for palliative care in response to the loss of fuel subsidies, allowing them to buy food to distribute to the less fortunate in their individual states.

He called the behavior of Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun State, an insult to the entire estate.
“I’m confused now; I don’t know how to share this with 147 households in Shokeye Estate,” he lamented.

“We don’t need this rice; if you want to give us palliatives, don’t insult us. This is an insult. Shokeye Estate refuses to be insulted.”
“If you guys, the government, I’m talking to Dapo Abiodun now – if you people know you cannot do something, don’t do it,” he said.