Finally, the government of Oyo state has returned the bags
of rice the federal government donated to cushion the effect of COVID-19.
President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered customs to distribute
150 trucks of seized rice across the country.
Oyo received 1,800 bags but hours after receiving them, the
state government announced that they were unfit for consumption as weevils had
destroyed a larger quantity.
“No government that is worth its name would agree to serve
its people with food items that are infested with weevils that are clearly
visible to the eyes,” Taiwo Adisa, chief press secretary of the governor, had
said in a statement.
Although Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian
affairs and disaster management, had acknowledged that there were issues with
the palliatives given to Oyo, she insisted that the rice donated to the state
was fit for consumption, a claim the government of the state denied.
On Wednesday, the bags of rice were returned.
See pictures below:
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| One of the trucks conveying the the rice to the customs headquarters in Ibadan |
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