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General News of Saturday, 25 April 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Oyo State to return bags of rice donated by FG, says they are infested

Seyi Makinde Seyi Makinde

The Oyo State Government has said that it is working on returning the 1,800 bags of rice given by the Federal Government to help cushion the effect of the lockdown in the state brought about by coronavirus.

This was disclosed by Dr Debo Akande, the Executive Assistant to the state governor, Seyi Makinde, on Agribusiness.

Akande revealed that the bags of rice are not fit for consumption because they are infested with weevil.

“We received these items from the Federal Government via the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and we brought them to the warehouse. It was in the process of further inspection that we discovered that the rice had been infested with weevils.

"On that basis, we formed a committee to re-inspect it so we can be sure of what we have received. We don’t want to create another problem while providing solution to another one. We have inspected it; we have done random selection and we have seen that similar things apply across the board.

We have agreed to return them to the source but if there are good ones with good quality that could be sent to us as replacement, we will be glad to receive them.” he said.

Recall that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had ordered the Nigerian Customs Service to distribute bags of rice which were seized.

The bags of rice have since been getting distributed to states by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.