The Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Safety has denied distributing rice as palliative following studies making the rounds that the ministry distributed rice to lawmakers for his or her constituency.
An announcement from the Ministry signed by the Director of data, Dr. Joel Oruche, stated the difficulty underneath reference considerations constituency initiatives budgeted for underneath the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation and domiciled within the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Safety.
“The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Safety shouldn’t be distributing any palliative.
“The problem underneath reference considerations constituency initiatives budgeted for underneath the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation and domiciled within the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Safety.
“It is not uncommon information that funds for Nationwide Meeting constituency initiatives are domiciled within the related Ministry for functions of implementation.
“The implementation course of for the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation is on-going.
“Constituency initiatives on this occasion cowl a spread of wants of the constituents together with staple grains and a few agricultural infrastructure as decided by respective members of the Nationwide Meeting”, the assertion famous.