Kwara State Government has received 1,800 bags of 50kg bags of rice and 700 pieces of 25 litres of vegetable oil as its share of the Federal Government’s palliatives.
Receiving the palliatives on behalf of the state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Secretary to the Government of Kwara State Professor Mamman Jibril, commended the Federal Government for the gesture which is meant for the most vulnerable in the society as the world battles COVID-19 amid lockdowns.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Jibril noted that the people of the state appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari for the palliatives.
He also charged all and sundry to use this period of Ramadan to seek God’s intervention over there COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Meanwhile, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, the team lead from Abuja, said the palliatives “were being shared to the state on the order of President Buhari for distribution to vulnerable groups in this time of global pandemic.”
