Home News FG Bent on Temporary Solutions, Donates Bags of Garri and Maize to Akwa Ibom
News

FG Bent on Temporary Solutions, Donates Bags of Garri and Maize to Akwa Ibom

504
FG Rice

The Federal Government has handed over 24,180 bags of maize and 5,828 bags of garri to the Akwa Ibom State Government for distribution to households.

The presentation took place in Uyo, where Zubaida Umar, Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), was represented by Mmandu Aisueni. The NEMA stated that the food relief effort followed the federal government’s approval of 42,000 metric tonnes of food items from the National Strategic Reserve to aid struggling Nigerians.

Local government committees will oversee the distribution, including members from the State Emergency Management Agency and traditional institutions. In addition, 20 per cent of the food for each council area will be allocated to religious groups and 3 per cent to boarding schools.

This donation, like others, came as  a temporary fix that does not address the underlying problem that has led to the country’s food scarcity and hunger crisis. In a related development, the government donated bags of rice to flood victims in Maiduguri, instead of addressing the infrastructural flaw that triggered the floodings.

Read More:

About The Author

Related Articles

Cooking Gas Kerosene Prices Increase
BusinessNews

Tinubu Regime Causes More Pain For Nigerians As Cooking Gas Prices Soar 40% In One Week

The price of refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG),...

News

Niger Parliamentary Delegation Visits Bamako to Strengthen Ties Within the CSSS

A parliamentary delegation from Niger has arrived in Bamako, Mali, as part...

News

AES Radio Set to Launch as Ministers Inspect New Facilities in Ouagadougou

Everything is in place for the launch of AES Radio, according to...

News

Côte d’Ivoire Bans Protests Ahead Of October Elections

Côte d’Ivoire has banned protests in the country ahead of its presidential...