As part of measures to reduce the current food crisis, the Nigerian Government has announced that 740 trucks of Rice will be dispatched to all the state Governors to distribute to vulnerable Nigerians.
This means that each of the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will receive 20 trucks of rice.
Each truck will carry approximately 1,200 25kg bags, totaling 24,000 bags of rice per state.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris announced this on Monday after the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Bola Tinubu.
Idris noted that the measures are to further ameliorate the economic challenges in the nation.
The Information Minister appealed to governors to ensure equitable distribution of the food items to the needy.
“It is expected that the state governors will go ahead and distribute this food item to the most vulnerable,” he said.
The Minister stressed that the government was committed to ensuring food availability for most Nigerians and will continue to work on making food interventions accessible.
“The Federal Executive Council is ramping up all that needs to be done to ensure that food is being put on the table of most Nigerians,” he stated.
Speaking on the much awaited Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Vehicles, the Minister said “There is also a discussion on the CNG that the federal government has promised Nigerians. The Federal Executive Council has directed the presidential Committee on CNG to expedite its activities to supply buses, to also make it possible for the conversion kits to be available to most Nigerians.
“Already they have started but the federal executive council asked them to redouble their effort. So that conversion kits that we need for the CNG will be made available.
“Also the conversion centers that had earlier been approved will also be significantly upgraded so that Nigerians will have more conversion centers, more conversion kits. The Federal government has directed this should go up, so as to reduce our over reliance on PMS. And this will in turn also aid our energy transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy.”
