President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to facilitate the quick launch and distribution of grains and palliatives to residents to cushion the impact of the financial hardship.
The Minister of State for the FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, disclosed this on Wednesday, in an emergency assembly with stakeholders and chairmen of the six space councils of the FCT.
She stated the directive got here in a letter from the Presidency, by means of the Nationwide Emergency Administration Authority to the FCT minister, whereas additionally asserting the setup of a committee to hold out the directive throughout the subsequent two weeks.
Some FCT residents had on Sunday attacked a warehouse within the Gwagwa-Tasha space of Abuja, belonging to the Agriculture and Rural Improvement Secretariat of the FCT Administration, looting meals objects and vandalising the constructing.
Mahmoud additional said that the letter was issued on February 29, 2024, that means that that they had solely every week left to hold out the directive and make sure the correct distribution of the palliatives.
“Everyone is aware of how His Excellency, Mr President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been going up and all the way down to see how he’ll cushion the impact of the hardship within the nation, particularly, notably the difficulty of meals safety. They’ve been having conferences by means of the Ministry of Agriculture and at last, we have been capable of get so much that we’ve to distribute for our folks, to inform us how Mr President has his folks in his coronary heart.
“So it was alongside this fashion that the Minister FCT, Nyesom Wike, was addressed by means of this letter, to name an necessary assembly with necessary stakeholders that have been highlighted, which most of them are right here, to see how we organize some committees for transparency of the distribution of those palliatives that we’re about to get, after which the preparation that we have to have, earlier than these things are given to FCT for distribution,” she stated.
She listed members of the Committee to incorporate: Chairmen of Space Councils, FCT Emergency Administration Company, Conventional Rulers, Division of State Service, Nigeria Police Power, Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps, Religion-based organisations, Nationwide Union of Native Authorities Staff, Nigeria Crimson Cross Society, Girls Associations, Individuals with Incapacity teams, youth associations, Principals of boarding faculties, civil society organisations and the media.
