President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate release of over 100 metric tons of assorted food items from the strategic reserve and the Rice Millers Association of Nigeria as a short-term response to the rising food shortage in the country.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to journalists at the State House after a meeting of the Special Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention on Thursday.
Idris also informed that the government has proposed to embark on import of whatever shortfalls may be experienced after the release of the food commodities.
The Minister said the government will mete out appropriate measures on food hoarders, adding that emergencies require emergency measures to ensure food is available to Nigerians.
News Update The attention of the Presidency has been drawn to a viral falsehood circulating…
THE Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on National Assembly Matters, Hon. Ibrahim…
By Abioye Tosin Lawrence | Community & Development Correspondent NEWS UPDATE In a deliberate move…
NEWS UPDATE THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Tanimu Turaki, has urged Nigerians…
News Update Many Nigerians across the country are celebrating this year’s Christmas in darkness following…
THE United States Embassy in Abuja and the Consulate General in Lagos will shut down…