Is FG's ₦30,000 enough for taxi drivers, Keke Napep and Okada riders? #EndSarsNow

On Sunday, I read a statement that the Federal Government would soon commence the enrolment and payment of N30,000 to Nigerians operating in the transport business – including rideshare drivers Uber, Bolt, etc, taxi drivers, bus drivers, Keke Napep riders, Okada riders, cart pushers etc.
The first thing that came to mind was, is N30,000 really enough? 
What can N30,000 do for these people, then I remembered that my brake pad and fan belt are two problems I need to attend to very urgently.

In fact, my mechanic told me that if my fan belt cuts, I will be stuck at that very point but even worse is that the day my brake will fail, he prays I don’t kill anybody but as a rugged Lagos boy, no be today, we dey drive without brake.

So why am I writing this? It is because all the money I need to fix my car is less than N15k and I don’t have it. It was then that I knew that N30,000 is a lot of money even for me. If I get that N30,000, I will not only fix my car, I will balance at my regular joint and buy fish and beer to wash it down.

That aside, no government has done this for Nigerians as long as I can remember, so therefore this must count for something. As we say in Naija, it is our national cake and more people are eating from it.
The statement by Laolu Akande, Prof. Osinbajo’s spokesperson also said they are paying salaries of private businesses that were affected by COVID and that the artisans have also gotten N30,000.

Just to verify the information, I went to Twitter and typed Survival Fund and Payroll Support, guy, I weak. See people getting alert anyhow and flashing it on social media. Abeg where I dey wey all these things dey happen?

Anyhow sha, I must collect inside this national cake and I dey encourage others to tell people wey dem know wey be driver or artisan.

Remember, na our national cake.

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