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Kwara Govt distributes foodstuff to indigents

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Kwara State Government said it has distributed 17,578 50kg bags of maize, sorghum, and millet palliatives.

The state government in a press release signed by Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola, Deputy Chief Press Secretary Government House on Tuesday June 4, 2024 said it took the delivery from the federal government to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Development, Dr Lawal Olohungbebe revealed that the foodstuff are being distributed to indigent kwarans across the 16 Local Government Areas of the state.

“The instructions given by the federal government is that there has to be a committee in each local government area that will oversee the items. The committee comprises the DPMs (Directors of Personal Management) in the absence of the chairmen of local government areas; traditional rulers; representatives of the DSS; ICPC; civil society organizations; National Youth Council of Nigeria; women groups; development officers; and so on and so forth. These are the people that will take care of it in each local government area,” he told reporters on Tuesday, adding that the distribution is directly being handled by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

“So, what we are doing is just to ensure that it gets to the local government area. By the time it gets there, they will now identify the vulnerable ones among them.”

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