The Federal Government has commenced distribution of twenty six thousand, four hundred and four bags of maize, millet and sorghum to vulnerable Nigerians in Sokoto State as palliatives.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, inaugurated the distribution in Sokoto on Sunday.
Speaking while flagging off the distribution, Senator Kyari said the effort was aimed at cushioning the economic hardship faced by citizens in the state, with the gesture to cover all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
He explained that the exercise was part of the fulfilment of President Bola Tinubu’s promise to reduce the impact of the current economic hardship in the country, given the approval for the release of forty two thousand metric tonnes of assorted food commodities from the National Strategic Reserve.
