All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has accused the state authorities of diverting the federal authorities’s rice allotted to the state, citing the viral video that emerged on Thursday the place an deserted trailer load of rice was found by residents of Urora group.
In a press convention addressed by the state chairman of the APC Emperor Jarrett Tenebe yesterday, he stated the diversion of palliatives was answerable for starvation within the state.
He stated, “The management and members of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State have seen with concern the unlucky plan by Governor Godwin Obaseki and his faction of the Peoples Democratic Get together to frustrate the real efforts of the federal authorities to significantly scale back the influence of financial hardship on Nigerians, particularly right here in Edo State.
“Yesterday, Edo individuals watched Obaseki in disbelief throughout his hurriedly put collectively state broadcast, how he refused to acknowledge or give account of the varied monetary grants and different palliatives his administration has acquired from the federal authorities.
“Final month, the Nationwide Emergency Administration Company (NEMA) handed over 786.6 metric tonnes made up of 17,424 luggage of various grains to the Edo State authorities as a part of palliative measures to cushion the adversarial results of the elimination of gasoline subsidy by the federal authorities on the individuals of the State, however Obaseki has refused to share them.
The federal authorities confirmed that the 36 states, together with Edo have acquired 20 vans of rice, but Obaseki has didn’t account for them.”
Responding, the state authorities stated it doesn’t maintain aid supplies in its warehouses, as the federal government’s feeding programme for weak individuals within the state was being carried out by means of non secular our bodies.
In a assertion, the commissioner for communication and orientation, Hon. Chris Nehikhare, stated the video emanating from the Urora axis of Ikpoba Hill, Benin Metropolis was the handiwork of the APC in a determined try to attain low cost political factors.
He stated, “The federal government helps the weak with aid supplies by means of non secular organisations notably the Christian Affiliation of Nigeria (CAN), the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and the Muslim leaders within the state.
“The state authorities doesn’t maintain any aid materials by itself however reaches out to the individuals by means of these channels.”
