Ogun Flags Off Distribution Of 300,000 Bags Of Rice As Palliatives |Omohglobalnews

"Our desire in the first instance is to distribute about 300,000 bags of 10kg rice across our 5,400 polling units".

By Adebare Bello

   

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Governor Abiodun believes the committee responsible for the distribution of the palliative are set to do a good job. Twitter@OGSG_Official

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State on Friday flagged the distribution of palliatives to cushion the harsh realities of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.

While addressing residents during the symbolic flag-off at the Arcade ground of the Governor’s Office in Abeokuta, Governor Abiodun said 300,000 bags of 10kg of rice will be distributed across 5,400 polling units of the three senatorial districts of the state.

“This is a federal government initiative under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that is being domesticated right here in Ogun State. Our desire in the first instance is to distribute about 300,000 bags of 10kg rice across our 5,400 polling units,” he said at the event.

“We have decided to use the polling units as a reference of distribution, not wards, because we realized that using wards won’t be equitable. You can imagine taking a ward in Sagamu, for example, like the Ogijo ward and compare it with a ward in Ikenne. If we use the ward as the yardstick for distributing the palliatives, it is very unfair and not equitable.”

Governor Abiodun also highlighted other immediate, medium, and long-term measures being initiated by the government to cushion the impact of the subsidy removal.

He instructed the Central Working Committee saddled with the responsibility of the palliatives distribution to do it with the utmost sense of responsibility across the twenty local government areas of the state.

The governor reiterated that “the distinguished eminent personalities that we believe will ensure that the palliative distribution is effectively, efficiently, and transparently implemented”.