By Alfaki Musa
The Caretaker Transition Chairman of Lokoja Local Government, Comrade Abdullahi Adamu on Saturday distributed the first quarterly food palliatives to the people of Lokoja Local Government Area.
In a statement issued by the special adviser on media to the chairman,Iliyasu Zakari,and made available to journalists in Lokoja,said Governor, Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo has directed all Local Government council in the state to ensure that the palliatives is distributed irrespective of party affiliations and thanked the people of area for the patience and confidence in the new administratio despite the challenges.
Adamu appealed to all stakeholders to ensure that the palliatives reach the vulnerable across the 10 Wards Stressing that the quarterly intervention by gov Ododo would continues to “ensure that Kogi produces enough food for it citizens.
The statement further said::
“The Administration of Alhaji Ododo is working on long term measures for agricultural development especially in areas of livestock and crop production to guarantee food security in Kogi State through a mix of commercial and subsistence farming in all parts of the state”.
In their own remarks, Member representing Lokoja 1 State Constituency, Hon. Bin Ebaiya Shehu Tijjani and the Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Engr. Yahaya Muhammed Danladi Farouk enjoined stakeholders to justify the confidence reposed in them by the governor in ensuring that the parliatives reached out to the people at the grassroots.
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Also present at the event were the Local Government Party Chairman, Alhaji Maikudi Bature, Kogi State APC Youth Leader, Hon. Muhammed U Muhammadu and a host of other stakeholders from the 10 wards of Lokoja.
Groups that benefited from the palliatives includes the Staff of the Lokoja Local Government, LGEA Teachers & Non-Academic Staff, Traditional Councils (Lokoja, Oworo, Eggan, Kakanda & Kupa), League of Imams, Council of Ulama, CAN Lokoja Chapter, NURTW, Okada and Keke Unions, Police Divisions, Civil Defence, EPA, Women groups etc, and for the first time ever, Vigilante Groups and Igbo community were also consider in the Local Government, according the DSO and representative of Igbo Community, Hon. Paul Obesole respectively.
Recall the state Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo on Tuesday, 20th during the flag off of first quarter 2024 food palliative distribution and incentive said the commodity is meant for the indigent and vulnerable people of Kogi State to tackle the effect of the pressing food security and to cushion the effects of the current economic hardship.
