Government of Ondo increases security around facilities used to store palliatives

According to information released by the Ondo State Government, food products stored in warehouses intended to be distributed as palliatives around the state have been subject to strict security procedures.

The government said that none of its storage facilities had been broken into and that the palliatives were intended to lessen the effects of the termination of fuel subsidies.

The chairman of the Palliative Strategy and Implementation Committee, Wale Akinterinwa, assured of rapid distribution of the products to vulnerable people of society while visiting the food items and agricultural inputs held in the warehouses with other members of his committee.

The state received 5,700 bags of rice from the federal government, but Akinterinwa said the state plans to give 12,000 bags of rice. The state has received N2 billion out of the N5 billion distributed by the federal government to the states.

A special Committee comprised of members from all facets of society was formed, according to the committee’s chairman, who also serves as the state’s commissioner for finance, to prevent the distribution from turning into a political party matter.

5700 bags of rice were given to us by the federal government. In addition, the state has purchased additional. Very soon, we’ll start sharing.

“At the local government level, we formed a committee. We have decent representation that spans the social spectrum.

“We have received N2 billion, and we anticipate receiving the remaining amount.” They supplied maize to us, but we only received a small bit, so we hoped to receive the remainder.