Tinubu commends Buhari for payment of N5000 stipend

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has issued a statement praising President Buhari for commencing the payment of N5000 each to the poor and most vulnerable Nigerians.

The payment is part of the cardinal promises of the president during the 2015 electioneering.

''I commend President Buhari for keeping faith with his campaign promise. I commend him for empathising with the poor and the most vulnerable among us. The payment couldn’t have come at a better time than now. The stipend is a sign of the government’s commitment to people’s welfare. We must all unite to beat poverty and bring prosperity to the land,'' the statement read.