 Meanwhile, President Mohammad Abouhari has sent a letter to the Senate seeking an approval to take a loan to the tune of $800 million from the World Bank to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. This follows the federal government's April announcement of an $800 million World Bank grant targeting 50 million vulnerable Nigerians, or 10 million households, as part of a subsidy palliative measures. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed highlighted that the engagement are ongoing with the newly established Presidential Transition Council, PTC, and the Incoming Administration to drive the palliative program, which includes the need for buses amongst various considerations. In a letter read by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan, President Bouhari, who noted that the loan would be utilized to scale up the National Social Safety Net Programme, said the loan would be sourced from the World Bank. To know that the program is intended to expand coverage of shock-responsive safety and support among the poor of vulnerable Nigerians.