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PALLIATIVES: Anambra, Sokoto, Nasarawa receive 5,400 bags of rice from FG
Anambra, Sokoto and Nasarawa states on Wednesday received over 5,400 bags of 50kg rice and other relief items from the Federal Government as palliatives to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
The relief items were loaded into nine trucks from the Seme border Customs warehouse and were presented to officials from the three states by Mrs Kemi Adedeji, Lagos State Coordinator, National Social Safety Net Project.
Adedeji, who presented the relief materials on behalf of Hajiyah Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development said the gesture was in fulfilment of Federal Government’s promise to cushion the effects of COVID-19.
She urged the beneficiary states to ensure that the palliatives, which included 98 jerrycans of vegetable oil, were distributed to indigent people in their states.
Before handing over the palliatives, the acting Customs Area Comptroller in Seme, Dalha Wada, said the Comptroller General of Customs, retired Col. Hammed Ali, instructed that the items be released in obedience to the Federal Government directive.
He said the items had already been examined and certified as good for human consumption by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
Oyo State recently rejected and returned bags of rice sent to the state by the Federal Government as palliatives on the claims that they were infested and unhealthy for human consumption.
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