The presidency yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari never at any point during his 2015 presidential campaign made a promise to pay N5,000 monthly stipend to unemployed graduates in the country.
It however, stated that there was a provision of half a trillion naira in the 2016 budget,mapped out to execute s social safety net programmes.The media aide to the Vice President, Mr. Laolu Akande, who spoke with State House Correspondents in Abuja, said
“The budget for 2016 which has been submitted to the National Assembly has made an allocation of half a trillion naira, the first time in the history of this country’s budget where you have that huge chunk of money allocated for social investment.
