Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said that the poor are the primary beneficiaries of the policies introduced by the Tinubu administration.
Bwala made the assertion on Tuesday during an interview, where he highlighted several government initiatives aimed at improving the lives of ordinary Nigerians.
According to him, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has provided opportunities for more than one million students from low-income families to pursue higher education.
“We talk about over one million beneficiaries of NELFUND. These are not children of the rich. These are children of the poor who, without the intervention, may not be able to achieve their dreams. That is a direct impact on the poor person,” he said.
The presidential aide also pointed to the administration’s Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) initiative, describing it as a programme that has brought relief to many Nigerians through reduced transportation costs.
“When we talk about transportation and what the CNG initiative has done, you need to go to the streets and see for yourself.
“We went to the streets and talked to people, and all they are asking is that there should be more investments in that field,” he added.
On healthcare, Bwala cited government interventions such as free caesarean section services and a 50 per cent subsidy on dialysis treatment, arguing that such measures are targeted at vulnerable Nigerians.
“When we talk about healthcare and the caesarean section programme, I was here the other time and talked about the 50 per cent subsidy on dialysis.
“These are poor people because rich people do not need that. As a matter of fact, most of the rich are abroad,” he said.
Bwala maintained that every major policy introduced by the current administration has been designed to directly benefit low-income Nigerians.