Palliatives Will Go Round- Ekiti Govt Assures Residents as Distribution of 3, 000 Bags of Rice Begin
Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun has assured the residents of the state on the effective distribution of the Federal Government’s palliative.
The Commissioner, Olatunbosun, while urging the residents to exercise patience stated that the rice distribution will be done in batches and would go around irrespective of political parties.
In a bid to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal, the Ekiti State Government has also received their portion of 3, 000 bags of rice.
Speaking to journalists at the end of the weekly executive meeting, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Ebenezer Boluwade, who also doubles as the chairman of the Palliative Distribution Committee, said five trucks of palliatives landed in the state on Monday.
He said, “As of last Friday, we received 3, 000 bags of rice from the Federal Government. During the offloading of the five trucks, 18 bags were found to be defective, meaning that the good ones were 2,992 bags.
“We specially allocated 100 bags for widows, and 200 bags for all artisans in the private sector, while the transport union got 180 bags. All the market women in Ekiti State were allocated 100 bags. A special group got 150 bags, while people with disabilities got 140. The elderly, i.e., the pensioners, got 100 bags. The civil servants comprising the junior staff got 100 bags.”
Boluwade added that the distribution, which will begin on Wednesday, will spread across the 177 political wards in the 16 local governments of the state.
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