'Please provide an economic relief package for Nigerians, even if it's 50k each' - Yul Edochie appeals to President Buhari
The movie star turned politician says this money will help cushion the effects of the stay at home order.
Yul Edochie [Instagram/YulEdochie]
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President Buhari had shutdown three states in the country over the slow increase of coronavirus cases.
In a series of tweets shared via his Twitter page on Sunday, March 29, 2020, the actor pleaded with the president to come to the help of Nigerians.
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"Dear President @MBuhari Pls provide an economic relief package for Nigerians, even if it's 50k each, it will go a long way. People are hungry, locked down with no money, begging left, right & center. With a situation like this, it'll be difficult to keep people at home," he tweeted.
Edochie's tweets are coming barely 24 hours after the President had addressed the nation in a broadcast.
![The movie star turned politician says this amount will help cushion the effects of the stay at home order. [Instagram/YulEdochie]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'768'%20height%3D'768'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "The movie star turned politician says this amount will help cushion the effects of the stay at home order. [Instagram/YulEdochie]")
The movie star turned politician says this amount will help cushion the effects of the stay at home order. [Instagram/YulEdochie]
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In his broadcast, Buhari announced that Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states will be shut down for two weeks to help track the increase of the virus.
President Muhammadu Buhari
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Nigeria has now recorded 111 cases of coronavirus as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
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