The Federal Government, in conjunction with the Oyo State government, on Monday, distributed assorted commodities from the Natural Strategic Reserve to vulnerable persons in the state. Governor Seyi Makinde, who received the foodstuffs at the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Secretariat, Ibadan, warned the 33 local government chairmen in the state not to share the commodities among their …

The Federal Government has commenced distribution of 26,404 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, Kyari said the effort was aimed at cushioning the economic hardship faced by citizens in …

Some portions of the 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted grains provided by the Federal Government to help cushion the food crisis in Nigeria have arrived in at least eight states across the country, while the movement of the commodities to other states is ongoing. Officials of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security confirmed on Monday that the grains …

A House of Representatives member representing Ajingi/Albasu/Gaya Federal Constituency, Dr Ghali Mustapha has flagged off the distribution of 18,600 bags of grains to his constituents in Kano State. Speaking at the flag off of the distribution in Kano on Friday, Mustapha said the gesture was to put smile on the faces of his constituents, especially in the Holy month of …

The Federal Government has announced that the distribution of 42,000 metric tonnes of grains directed by President Bola Tinubu will commence across the 36 states of the federation this week. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, made this known through a post on his official handle on X, formally Twitter, on Monday. Senator Kyari said in addition …

The Federal Government is to commence the distribution of 42,000 metric tonnes of grains across the country beginning with Niger State from next week. The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, who announced this on Thursday at the Abuja headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security after a meeting with the agric minister, said Niger would be used …

The two leading opposition parties, on Sunday, called on the Federal Government to make good its promise to release 102,000 metric tons of assorted grains as a short-term measure to address the food crisis in the country. In two separate interviews, the leadership of both the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) urged the President Bola Tinubu-led …

As a temporary response to the nation’s growing food crisis and the rising price of commodities, President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, ordered the immediate release of more than 102,000 metric tons of various grain types from the Strategic Reserve and the Rice Millers Association of Nigeria. This was the government warned that those hoarding foodstuffs would be dealt with. The …