$1bn HOPE-SP: It’s just another layer of vote buying – Rufai Oseni

Arise Television anchor, Rufai Oseni, has accused the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government of introducing different furniture of ballot buying done its recently launched $1 cardinal Household Prosperity and Empowerment Social Protection Project, HOPE-SP.

Oseni made the allegation portion speaking connected The Morning Show connected Arise Television on Thursday, a time aft the Federal Government launched the societal extortion programme successful Abuja.

The HOPE-SP was unveiled astatine the State House Banquet Hall alongside 4 different programmes arsenic portion of the government’s efforts to fortify its humanitarian effect and poverty-reduction framework.

DAILY POST reports that the authorities said the inaugural is designed to determination susceptible Nigerians from impermanent alleviation to lasting economical empowerment and self-reliance done skills development, brushed loans and different forms of support.

Reacting to the programme, Oseni questioned the timing of its launch, coming astir six months earlier the 2027 wide elections.

“The authorities of President Tinubu has brought retired different inaugural called HOPE-SP, which is similar coalescing the efforts of each the initiatives arsenic regards poorness alleviation. It’s doing this six months to elections,” helium said.

“What was helium reasoning of each this wh...