With weeks gone after the Federal Government announced the distribution of 20 truck load of palliatives rice to the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, some States have come out to deny receiving the palliatives.
The latest is the Taraba State Government who has denied receiving the 20 trucks of rice from the Federal Government.
The State Government maintained that its allocation of twenty trucks of rice is yet to reach Taraba.
This was contained in a statement by Commissioner for Information and Re-Orientation, Barr. Zainab Usman Jalingo. Speaking to Vanguard over the weekend, Jalingo said the State is still expecting the promised food items.
She pointed that the State Commissioner for Special Duties, Saviour Noku, who is supposed to handle the receipt of the food items, has not received any communication from the federal level regarding the dispatch of the 20 trucks of rice to the State.
Jalingo said, “As far as Taraba State is concerned, we have not received any allocation of twenty trucks of rice.
“The only addendum I can add to this is that as of Thursday, when the Governor addressed the youths that came out to protest out of hunger, the rice given to those youths were owned by the State Government.
“The rice was bought by the State’s ALGON and had been at the store before the Governor instructed that it should be shared among the protestors. This is as a succour for the anger and pain of hunger that brought them out.”
By this announcement, Taraba is the second State to deny receiving the 20 trucks of rice palliatives by the FG.
Recall that Gombe State has also stated that it is not in receipt of any truck load of palliatives rice.
source: Vanguard
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