The federal government has started selling 50 kg of rice for â¦40,000 in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital.
The sale is a component of the government’s efforts to address the socioeconomic issues that have arisen after the Federal Government stopped subsidizing petroleum products.
At a ceremony held at the state capital’s Arcade Ground to kick off the sale, the governor of Ogun state, Dapo Abiodun, said in a ChannelsTV report that his administration will shortly start implementing the sale of additional subsidised foodstuffs throughout the state’s twenty local government regions.
He added that food staples such as garri, rice, and beans would be offered at heavily subsidised costs and that the scheme’s deployment throughout the state would help expand the initiative’s reach.
The distribution, according to the governor, will benefit a variety of organisations, including market women, community development associations, organised businesses, artists, trade unions, non-governmental organisations, federal and state civil servants, and traditional and religious groups.
He gave the state’s residents assurances that the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Office of the Head of Service had created a well-organized template that would guarantee the commodity was distributed fairly and widely among the state’s 20 local government units.
The governor announced that the sale of subsidised rice in Abeokuta, which is in the Ogun Central senatorial district, will commence immediately, followed by those in Ilaro, which is in the Ogun West senatorial district, and Ijebu-Ode, which is in the Ogun East senatorial district.
To prevent crowding, Governor Abiodun asked the beneficiaries to uphold law and order at the various sales sites and adhere to the schedule provided by the committee. He also mentioned that more sales points would be formed.
TimesNow.com.ng reported that Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were struggling to locate the sales points for the N40,000 subsidised rice that the federal government officially launched recently.
TimesNow.com.ng recalled that the minister of agriculture and food security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, flagged off the sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice at a subsidised rate of N40,000 per 50kg bag in Abuja on September 5, 2024.
Speaking at the launch, Kyari revealed that the initiative was driven by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to ensuring that âNigerians do not go to bed hungry.â
Proofread by Kola Muhammed, journalist and copyeditor at TimesNow.com.ng
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
