The Kwara State Government has flagged off the distribution of two hundred and fifty thousand bags of 10kg rice palliatives to the most vulnerable persons in the state.
At the flag-off of the distribution in Ilorin, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazq said the palliatives would be implemented in phases.
Represented by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly ,Yakubu Danladi, Governor AbdulRazq said the Palliatives were meant to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy on the most vulnerable people in the state.
He explained that over the last few weeks, the state government rolled out different palliative measures to support the people in the formal and informal sectors.
According to him, the state government had earlier distributed the five trucks of rice received from the Federal Government.
He maintained that the first consignments of 250,000, 10Kg rice being distributed was purchased with the N2bn so far received from the Federal Government.
The chairperson of the Palliative distribution committee, and the state Commisssioner of Police , Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi said the palliatives would be distributed across the 16 local government areas in the state.
In their separate responses, representative of Persons with disabilities Alfred Oluwole ,and representative of FOMWAN Hajiya Bilqees Oladimeji,commended governor AbdulRazaq for the initiative which is aimed at cushioning the effects of fuel subsidy removal by the federal government.
