Crowds fill Abubakar Gumi central market after authorities relaxed a 24 hour curfew in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, June 24, 2012 . REUTERS/Stringer
The Nigerian government plans to make cash payments to poor people of about N5,000 per month to try to ease poverty and stimulate the economy, the vice-president said on Thursday, a plan that would cost a total of about $300 million per annum.
President Muhammadu Buhari won election in March 201
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