States expects FG’s grain allocations
The 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are eagerly awaiting the delivery of the 102,000 metric tons of grains pledged last week by President Bola Tinubu for the purpose of ameliorating the current high food prices.
Officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security are working round the clock to make the food available as early as possible, The Nation gathered yesterday.
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) reached out to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) yesterday, asking them to reconsider their plan to call a strike over the country’s economic situation.
The students’ union said the interest of the nation must be paramount at the moment.
The ministry will, in the first instance, release about 42,000 metric tons of maize, millet, garri, and other commodities in its strategic reserve for distribution to the states.
A senior official of the ministry told The Nation on the phone yesterday that the matter was being treated with “utmost urgency” with a view to easing the suffering of the generality of Nigerians.
We are very sure that the release of 42,000mt of grains from the National Strategic Grain Reserve as well as release of 60,000mt of rice by the Rice Miller’s Association at a subsidised rate will be immediate.
