Ondo State government has begun distribution of palliatives to vulnerable households in the state. It flagged off the distribution in four Local Government Areas in the Akokoland.
The state commissioner for Information and Orientation, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, who spoke at the flag-off of the distribution in Isua, headquarters of Akoko South East Local Government, said the food palliative would reach the targeted beneficiaries.
Bamidele said 1,200 bags of rice would be distributed to 6,000 households in the area irrespective of political affiliations.
She said: “There will be five people to a bag of rice and here, we have trucks coming in to take the palliatives to various towns in Akoko South East comprising Ipesi, Sosan, Ifira, Epinmi, Isua among others. We have 1,200 bags of rice for Akoko South East and we are targeting 6,000 households in the local government.
“We have selected the most vulnerable households but based on our experience while we are drawing the list, we have seen that we will go very far. We have a Muslim community, Christian Association, Market women, traders association, tailoring association, and Iyalojas among others.
“We have been very diligent in making this selection. We will learn a lot of lessons from the distribution. Whatever lessons we learn, we are going to share it with the main committee and we hope we don’t learn bad lessons and even if we learn bad lessons, we hope to gain from it because this is the first tranche and lesson we be improved upon.”
A former chairman of Akoko South East Akin Aibinuomo, said the community was given 160 bags of 50kg rice as palliatives.
He said the people were happy because the oil subsidy has made it a little difficult for the people
