The government says it will target 30 to 40 million people, but it will depend on resources.
The federal government will remove fuel subsidy and replace it with a monthly N5000 transport grant to poor Nigerians, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said.
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