The Federal Government has donated 20 trucks of rice to the 36 state governors and the federal capital territory for onward distribution to Nigerians.
Addressing state House Reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting on Monday, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said the rice is for the most vulnerable Nigerians.
He also said the Tinubu administration was committed to making sure that Nigerians have food on their table.
Nigerians have been complaining about hardship amid rising inflation.
The Minister who said the federal government has also taken notice of the complaints of Nigerians and the hardship, said FEC asked the Presidential Committee on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) to expedite action to cushion the suffering of Nigerians especially in the transportation sector.
He said, “After exhaustive deliberation, the Minister of Agriculture had earlier been directed to ensure that food is being made available to Nigerians. And the understanding is that about 20 trucks of rice has already been supplied to each of the states of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory, Each of the trucks of course is carrying about 1,200 25kg bags of rice.
“This is part of the measures that government is taking in addition to so many others to ensure that the hardship being experienced by Nigerians is drastically ameliorated.
“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 sub nationals, so that the hardship been experienced by most Nigerians in terms of shortage of food supply is breached.
“It is expected that the state governors will go ahead and distribute this food item to the most vulnerable. So that the hardship like I said been experience will be brought down significantly.”
