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Solid Minerals Development Minister Dele Alake has launched the distribution of 1,200 bags of rice to vulnerable aged and residents across the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State.
A statement by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, said the bags of rice were provided by the Presidency as palliatives for vulnerable citizens at the grassroots.
The statement reads: “Following the decision of the Presidency to respond to the yearnings of the Nigerian people to make more food available at the grassroots, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Oladele Alake, has begun the distribution of 1,200 bags of rice to the aged in Ekiti State.
“Thanking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for living up to his tradition of listening to the people and demonstrating a caring heart, Dr. Alake said the 1,200 bags made available to him and each minister to further supplement the established channels of distribution such as state governments and civil society groups will be channeled to the aged only.
“We need to reach out to our aged fathers and mothers at times like this to demonstrate the Omoluabi values of taking care of the old in the community. In the spirit of inclusion, it is important that we channel this intervention to mainly elderly citizens who do not have the strength to compete for welfare goods such as these at the established centres. We have taken their inventory and we are delivering to them.
“Subsequent interventions will target other segments of the populace such as widows, orphans, persons living with disabilities and students in higher institutions of learning.”
He enjoined all public-spirited people in Ekiti State to lend a hand to the needy, adding that all hands must be on deck to support all efforts to rid the state of hunger and poverty
