Determined to ensure the decision of the presidency at responding to the yearnings of the Nigerian people towards making more food available at the grassroots becomes a realist, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Oladele Alake, has begun the distribution of 1,200 bags of rice to senior citizens in Ekiti state.
Dr. Alake said the 1,200 bags made available to him and each minister to further supplement the established channels of distribution such as state governments and civic organisations will be channeled to the aged only.
A statement by Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister, Segun Tomori, and made available to Blueprint in Ado-Ekiti, Sunday, thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for living up to his tradition of listening to the people and demonstrating a caring heart,
The minister said: “We need to reach out to our aged fathers and mothers at times like this to demonstrate the ‘Omoluabi values’ of taking care of the old in the community.
“In the spirit of inclusion, it is important that we channel this intervention to mainly elderly citizens who do not have the strength to compete for welfare goods such as these at the established centres. We have taken their inventory and we are delivering to them.”
He said subsequent interventions will target other segments of the populace such as widows, orphans, persons living with disabilities and students in higher institutions of learning.
Dr Alake enjoined all public spirited Ekiti people to lend a hand to the needy, adding that all hands must be on deck to support all efforts to rid the state of hunger and poverty.
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