The Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin has flagged-off the distribution of 19 trucks of the federal government’s rice palliatives to the 44 local government areas of the state.
During the ceremony on Sunday in Kano, DSP Barau, said the FG has allocated 19 trucks of rice for distribution to the vulnerable in the state. He said the hunger crisis in Nigeria was caused by Ukraine/Russian war, but President Tinubu does not relent in his efforts in assisting vulnerable Nigerians especially rural & urban dwellers.
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“We all know that from the beginning of the beginning, President Bola Tinubu started with economic challenges not peculiar to Nigeria but a worldwide incident.
The global economy is grossly affected by a lot of unfortunate events that include wars like the Ukraine versus Russia as well as the Israel/Palestine conflict. It is this situation that makes the president to found programs that will alleviate the difficulties brought about through the introduction of distribution of palliatives.