Just In: President Tinubu introduces new subsidy policy

President Bola Tinubu has announced a subsidy for the treatment of kidney dialysis in Nigeria, reducing the price from N50,000 to N12,000 Sunday Dare, one of the spokespersons to the president, shared the details of the development in a social media post on Monday, August 18 The presidency explained that the subsidy would make it easier for millions of Nigerians who are fighting kidney-related diseases to access treatment President Bola Tinubu has approved a subsidy in the price of each kidney dialysis session for Nigerian patients. The reduction was the cut from N50,000 to N12,000. Sunday Dare, one of the spokespersons to the president, disclosed the development in a tweet on Monday, August 18.

According to the statement, the development will first commence in 10 public hospitals. The programme is designed to ensure that thousands of Nigerians fighting kidney-related disease get some relief. This is because many of he patients cannot afford the money for the dialysis.

President Bola Tinubu announces subsidy for dialysis treatment
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Source: Twitter How to get subsidised kidney dialysis treatment Dare explained that the subsidy was being implemented at federal hospitals across the six geographical zones of the country. He added that patients have received the subsidy, and many of them are happy with the reduction.

Below is the list of the hospital:

S/N Names States 1 Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Ebute Meta, Lagos 2 Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jabi, Abuja 3 University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Oyo` 4 Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri, Imo 5 University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) Maiduguri, Borno 6 Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta, Ogun 7 Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Lagos 8 Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Azare 9 University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Benin, Edo 10 University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) Calabar, Cross River See the full statement by Dare here:

Tinubu promises to provide subsidy for schools, hospitals This came one year after the President Tinubu-led government said that its administration is ready to provide electricity subsidies for universities and health institutions, even if they are under Band A feeders.

Adebayo Adelabu, the minister of power, announced the plan while appearing on a radio programme in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Saturday, August 17.

This move followed complaints from universities that the removal of the electricity subsidy threatened education in Nigeria. Public hospitals that were under the Band A feeders also complained.

Universities, schools lamented the electricity bill increase Several institutions, including the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Lagos University Teaching Hospital, have reported significant increases in their electricity bills.

The Federal University of Technology, Akure, and the University of Benin have also seen their bills rise substantially.

The Minister acknowledged that universities and hospitals are struggling to pay their bills and described them as “development institutions” and “social institutions”.

President Bola Tinubu approves a subsidy for the treatment of kidney dialysis
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Source: Twitter Tinubu spokesperson shades Atiku over bye-election results Legit.ng earlier reported that the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar-led coalition has been mocked by the presidency following the outcome of the bye-election on Saturday, August 16.

President Bola Tinubu’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, did the shading after the APC won 12 of the 16 seats where bye-elections were conducted.

Atiku, Peter Obi and other opposition leaders adopted the ADC to sack President Tinubu in the 2027 general election.

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