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The spokesman for Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Malam Olawale Rasheed, said the state government would soon unveil palliatives to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal.

Rasheed said the planned intervention would include support to public transport vehicle owners, monitoring of fuel stations and a review of the public sector work time.

He said top officials were finalising the state palliative plan in line with the directives of Adeleke.

In Ekiti, a CSO member, Mr Gbenga Ilori, urged the government to strive to revive its moribund transport company, Ekiti Kete Transport Company.

He also called on the Federal Government to evolve a programme to help states in this direction in order to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy on Nigerians.

Ilori described the hardship the subsidy removal had caused the masses as unprecedented, saying something drastic needed to be done to alleviate it.

According to him, many residents, especially workers, are finding things difficult as they now spend more to commute to their work places than what they earn, while many others have resorted to trekking long distances.

An engineer with the state Ministry of works, Mr Fatai Alaba, suggested the adoption of alternatives to fuel-powered vehicles.

“The Federal Government can import or make gas-powered vehicles for Nigerians to cushion the hardship on the people,” he said.

A civil servant, Mrs Sola Kehinde, advised the state government to resuscitate the transport company in the state and ensure that they pick government workers at different locations to their work places.