The federal government has given five trucks of food items as palliatives to the Nasarawa State Government Monday, June 8, 2020.
The said food items, which comprise three trucks of rice, one truck each of tinned tomatoes and groundnut oil, were meant to be distributed to vulnerable persons across the state to cushion the hardship brought about by movement restrictions put in place to curb the further spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A detailed list of the food items included 1,800 bags of rice, 2,500 cartons of Tomapep, and 600 kegs of groundnut oil to be distributed to the poor, vulnerable, and people with disabilities.
The Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, thanked the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Faruq, on behalf of the state government for the gesture, promising to distribute the items to the targeted beneficiaries as they had received the palliatives.
Akabe also appreciated the efforts of both the federal and state governments in facing one of the deadliest challenges confronting the world at the moment, reiterating the support of the state government in the fight against Covid-19.
The delegation from the federal government was led by the Director, Legal Services of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Mrs. Laurat Ajima Elayo, who represented the minister.