On the eve of the planned protest against hardship in Nigeria, the governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke decided to embark on another phase of distribution of food items to the needy in the state. His administration decided to commence the distribution of the food palliative starting from today, Tuesday. The food palliative include corn and Garri. The government made it known on Monday that the palliatives included 4 trucks of Garri which is 25kg (1260 bags in each of the trucks) and another 39 trucks of 50 kg bags of Corn, containing 600 bags each.
The Commissioner of Information and Public Enlightenment, Barrister Kolapo Alimi, in a statement disclosed that the government is being charged the sum of N67,422,000,00 by the FG as haulage fee out of which the sum of N45,000,000,00 has been paid, leaving it with a balance of N22,422,000.
He stated that, “These current food palliatives which consist of Garri and Corn was originated from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and being distributed by the National Emergency Management Agency Office (NEMA), Abuja, and it’s being received by Osun State Government through the office the of Osun State Emergency Management Agency (OSEMA),
“However, for transparency, record, and accountability, the Officials of Nigeria Police, I. C.P.C. D.S.S and EFCC and NEMA are readily on the ground to monitor the offloading and documentation of the consignments of the food palliatives.
“The distribution of the food palliatives to the would be beneficiaries throughout the State will commence, tomorrow, Tuesday, 30th July, 2024 and it is going to be carried out in line with an already spelt out template given by the FG which is in concomitant with the one also already mapped out by the Osun State Government.
“Osun State Government started receiving and offloading the trucks of the two edibles of Garri and corns from Thursday,11th of July, 2024 at OSEMA warehouse in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.
Alimi continued, “So far, as of Sunday, the 28th of July 2024, 4 trucks of Garri of 25kg and 21 trucks of Corns of 50kg bag, have been received. While all the 4 trucks of Garri and the 16 trucks of corn have been offloaded, the remaining 5 trucks of corn will be offloaded today as Osun State Government is still expecting 1 truck of corn today, Monday, the 29th of July, 2024.
“In line with the agreement earlier reached with the FG, Osun State is also to offset the cost of both offloading and distribution of the food palliatives to the would-be beneficiaries in the various Local Governments in the State.”
He added that “the formal distribution exercise will commence with immediate effect tomorrow, Tuesday, 30th of July 2024 through a clean, clear, thorough and transparent process.”
