Rice War: Edo govt finally admits receiving trucks of rice from Nigerian govt

After a bid of accusations and counter-accusations, the Edo State Government connected Wednesday said it received a fewer trucks of atom from the national government.

DAILY POST reports that Chris Nehikhare, Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, disclosed this astatine a property briefing successful Benin City.

The Edo State Government, the authorities chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC had been astatine loggerheads implicit the allegedly looted atom astatine the Urora assemblage successful Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of the State.

The missing consignment included 30,000 bags of atom from the Dangote Foundation and 20 trucks of atom from the Federal Government.
Nehikhare said the Federal Government besides gave directives connected however to stock the trucks of atom received.

According to him, connected the contented of the Federal Government giving america rice, I volition archer you, a fewer months ago, possibly aboriginal this twelvemonth oregon precocious past twelvemonth oregon mid-this year, they brought a fewer trucks of rice.

“They (the rice) were distributed according to the look which they sent to IDP camps, to antithetic people, to orphanage homes. You radical should bash the investigation.

‘Edo State Government did not interaction 1 of them. It went consecutive to the section authorities and past to wherever it was designed to beryllium fixed out. Edo State Government does not support rice”, helium said.

The Commissioner, who said the authorities authorities does not bargain rice, added that the Obaseki-led authorities has spent N2.2 cardinal to provender the Edo people.

He said the authorities authorities provided N2.2 cardinal to spiritual leaders nether the enactment of the Christian Association Nigeria, CAN and Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, NSCIA,

He said the wealth was utilized to acquisition nutrient items specified arsenic garri, yam, plantain, and atom among others to springiness to susceptible people.

Nehikhare said the nutrient point nether the Edo State Food Support Programme was among the deliberate authorities policies to cushion the adverse effect of the substance subsidy removal connected the radical of the state.

He added that the authorities authorities besides initiated policies specified arsenic the proviso of escaped autobus work since September past twelvemonth and the enrollment of implicit 250,000 radical into the State Health Insurance to eradicate poorness successful the state.

DAILY POST reported that the Deputy Director-General, Media and Publicity, PDP Governorship Campaign Council, Olu Martins had connected Monday claimed that the authorities authorities was yet to person from some the Federal Government and the Dangote Foundation.

Martins, however, described arsenic mendacious and heart-breaking the connection accredited to Senator Adams Oshiomhole, the erstwhile Governor of the authorities that the Dangote Foundation gave 30,000 bags of atom to the authorities government.

Rice War: Edo govt yet admits receiving trucks of atom from Nigerian govt