Issues surrounding the rejected 1,800 bags of rice donated by the Federal Government to Oyo State as well as the delayed distribution of palliatives in the state, continue to worry the poor, writes...
Issues surrounding the rejected 1,800 bags of rice donated by the Federal Government to Oyo State as well as the delayed distribution of palliatives in the state, continue to worry the poor, writes WALE OYEWALE
Earlier, Governor Seyi Makinde had made clear his administration’s position on the action to be taken on the donation. According to him, the state government would not distribute bad and unhealthy food product to the people in the name of palliative as that would pose a greater risk than hunger. Makinde, who expressed disappointment over the donation indicated during an interview with Fresh 105.
He said, “I started from Saki East/ Saki West and Afijio Federal Constituency and then, I moved to Olorunsogo/Irepo and Oorelope Federal Constituency. In terms of the 14 federal constituencies, at least, I have an idea of who those people are and quite frankly, there is a shocking revelation. About 40 per cent of the people I spoke to were farmers.
Mrs Tope Babatunde, a trader at Apata Market, said, “We have been hearing that the state government would donate some relief materials to some households in the state and Governor Seyi Makinde had promised that the process would be transparent but one wonders how long the distribution would take. We learnt that the distribution would be done this but we are surprised that the distribution has not started till now.
However, the state PDP argued that the governor’s decision to return the bad bags of rice to the Federal Government was in the best interest of the state as it was in consideration of its health implication on the people. “In fact, when we made this discovery, I called the Governor of Ekiti State, who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, to find out if the problem exists in Ekiti or whether this was limited to our state and he confirmed to me that they had the same problem with the rice that they received. Even reading the papers, I saw that the Ondo State Government also stated that they had a similar problem and they will be returning theirs also.
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