Ben Ezechime, Enugu
The Enugu State Government has received 10,000 bags of 10kg rice donated to the state by the Dangote Foundation.
Barrister Osinachi Nnajieze, the Legal Adviser to Governor Peter Mbah, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Enugu.
According to Nnajieze, the bags of rice would be distributed equitably across the 17 Local Government Areas of the state.
“Each LGA in the state would receive at least, 588 bags of rice, which are expected to be distributed to those who needed them most,” he said.
He warned the council chairmen against hoarding or sharing the rice to their family members, relatives and friends, saying that the rice were meant for indigents.
“What we have decided to do as a state with what we received from the generosity of Dangote Foundation, is to ensure that it goes to the most indigent, to those who need it the most.
“We are so determined to be equitable and very diligent in the sharing that I have literally told even the people around me not to expect any bag of 10kg rice.
“None of us is indigent as the people that we are targeting, which is the goal of the donor, Dangote Foundation, and also in line with the governance principles of our government,” Nnajieze said.
On his part, the State Chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Mr Okechukwu Ede appreciated the president/CEO of Dangote foundation, Alhaji. Aliko Dangote, for the kind gesture.
Ede promised that the bags of rice would be shared among the 17 LGAs, noting that none of them would be short-changed.
