Concerned about what it considered as “opaque approach” and secrecy adopted in the alleged disbursement of N330 billion by the Federal Government under the cash transfer programme for poor Nigerians, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded that for the sake of accountability, Nigerians deserve proof of the payments.
This was as the NLC specifically challenged the Federal Government to publish the names of the beneficiaries of the N330 billion to prove that Nigerians benefitted from the programme.
Acting National Secretary of the NLC, Comrade Benson Upah, who stated the position of the Organised Labour in Abuja on Friday, September 19, 2025, insisted that the Federal Government needed to come clean on the alleged disbursements which seem to be known to only officials of government while Nigerians are left in the dark.
The NLC particularly questioned the transparency of the initiative that is being managed by the National Social Safety-net Coordinating Office (NASSCO), stressing that the people deserved to know the criteria used in determining the beneficiaries and the list, bank details of those that were paid.
The NLC General Secretary emphasised that government claims of lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty must be backed by verifiable evidence, stressing that for the sake of accountability, Nigerians surely deserve proof of the disbursements of the humongous funds from the public
purse.
“The government owe Nigerians more explanations and the need to come clean on matters like these against the backdrop of the sufferings being experienced as a result of the policies of the government,” Upah said..
