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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 3 Jan 2017

    Nigeria's government rolls out new scheme to give monthly payments to one million of the poorest http://bbc.in/2hL6wHV  #AfricaLive

    4:07 AM - 3 Jan 2017
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    • Ezekiel Marj. Trisha Cass Zang Gonmiah isa yaro Triston Macauley Abdihakim B Osman Umar Tauqir🏡🇵🇰🇹🇷 Zeta Samuel Kamugisha 🇺
    16 replies 90 retweets 51 likes
      1. Samuel Kamugisha  🇺‏ @SkMugisha 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        When it pays to be the poorest. Some kids will be like, "When I grow up, I want to be the poorest".

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      1. Gboyega‏ @mayoraiku 7 Jan 2017
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        we are not ripe for this. The money will end up with wealthy people

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      1. eric eze‏ @ericeze13 4 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        there is nothing like that in Nigeria, buhari goverment is full propaganda,all we Easteners in nigeria want is BIAFRA nation

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      1. VonFischey‏ @fischeey 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Govt pays POOR #5000 & increasd tax of Sugar10% - 70% Alcohol20% - 60% Rice10% -60% Cement10% -50% Anti Malaria50% Antibiotics50%

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      1. VonFischey‏ @fischeey 3 Jan 2017
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        Funding for its educational sector is inadequate & staff are not properly trained, often on strike, dilapidated infrastructure

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      1. VonFischey‏ @fischeey 3 Jan 2017
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        No good health care in Nigeria & medical staff are more often on strike. Health sector is inadequately funded & the poor suffers

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      1. VonFischey‏ @fischeey 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Poor folks need jobs not stipends. Poor folks need access to basic infrastructure not stipends. Poor folks need good health care

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      1. VonFischey‏ @fischeey 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        If the gov't genuinely want to help its poor, it should have a sound economic blue print, kick start the economy & all sectors

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      1. VonFischey‏ @fischeey 3 Jan 2017
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        For a government that does not have an economic blue print to get out of recession, this is pure insanity. Its shameful

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      1. VonFischey‏ @fischeey 3 Jan 2017
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        What is the statistics for determining POOR citizen? Does Nigeria have a data base of its poor citizens? This is PURE FRAUD

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      1. VonFischey‏ @fischeey 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Was the fund budgeted or is government embarking on a reckless spending spree when the nation is battling to end recession?

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      1. VonFischey‏ @fischeey 3 Jan 2017
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        No South East citizen or South Eastern State is to benefit from this FRAUD scheme.

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      1. iQuant‏ @masango1 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        At last,how long have corrupt dictators,governors been looting and leaving the masses poor?!

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      1. Ogbeide O. Lawrence‏ @sirlawrenceso 3 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        : Another avenue to steal surreptitiously from the public coffer, a perfect example of Authority Stealing a song by Fela Anikulapo

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      1. M O N A‏ @Opportu94338351 3 Jan 2017
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        Ashamed!

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