Agric Ministry tells Nigerians to disregard information on palliative distribution

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ( FMAFS) has asked Nigerians not to take seriously the news going around about rice palliative. In a statement made available to the press men, the FMAFS Minister, Sen. Abubakar Kyari said that it has no hand in the distribution of any rice palliative as being mischievously carried as news in the country.

Kyari expressed its commitment to transparent and accountable execution of the agricultural program towards food security.

The text of the statement signed by the Director of Information, Dr.Joel Oruche reads this " The attention of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) has been drawn to story making the rounds that the Ministry is delaying the distribution of rice palliative and wish to state as follows;

1. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is not distributing any palliative.

2. The issue under reference concerns constituency projects budgeted for under the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation and domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.

3.  It is common knowledge that funds for National Assembly constituency projects are domiciled in the relevant Ministry for purposes of implementation.

4. The implementation process for the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation  is on-going.

5. Constituency projects in this instance cover a range of needs of the constituents including staple grains and some agricultural infrastructure as determined by respective members of the National Assembly"