The Federal Government on Monday donated 6,000 bags of rice to Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo states as palliatives against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the people.
Mrs Helen Ngozi, the Area Controller, Oyo and Osun command, delivered the 6,000 bags of rice on behalf of the Nigeria Customs Service to the representatives of the four states at the service’s zonal headquarters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Ngozi said the gesture was in fulfilment of the promise by the management of the customs to send palliatives to states to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the people.
She said all the 6,000 bags of rice were good for consumption, saying the customs would never mix expired rice with good ones.
As at the time of filing this report, Oyo state government has received 1,800 bags of rice as its share out of the 6,000 bags of rice released by the Federal government to Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo states.