As part of ongoing efforts to address the hunger in the country, the Federal Government has donated 20 trucks of rice to the 36 state governors and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for onward distribution to Nigerians.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris disclosed this while addressing State House Correspondents shortly after the Federal Executive Council (FCT) meeting on Monday in Abuja.
Idris said, the rice is for the most vulnerable Nigerians, reiterating the administration’s commitment to adequate provision of food for Nigerians.
He said, “each of the state governments has received 20 trucks of rice for onward distribution to the most vulnerable. This is a first step and the federal government will continue to support all the state governors and local governments, all the subnationals, so that the hardship being experienced by most Nigerians in terms of shortage of food supply is breached”.
According to him, “each of the trucks of course is carrying about 1,200 25kg bags of rice.
“This is part of the measures that the government is taking in addition to so many others to ensure that the hardship being experienced by Nigerians is drastically ameliorated”, he stressed.
