The organized labour has knocked the Federal Government for releasing a 180 billion naira palliative package to states to cushion the impact of the fuel subsidy removal.

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress insisted that the governors could not be trusted, noting that politicians and not the poor would benefit from the five billion naira largess given to each state government for disbursement to the citizens.

The Assistant National Secretary-General of the NLC, Chris Onyeka, wondered why the Federal Government was releasing money to governors, many of whom he said had refused to pay the minimum wage.

Also, the TUC Deputy National President, Tommy Etim cited the experience during the global pandemic where most state governments hoarded palliatives and refused to release them to their residents as an indicator not to trust the governors.