The Federal Government has announced that the first batch of 50-kilogram bags of rice, priced at N40,000, will initially be sold to public servants before being made available to other regions of the country.
The Minister of Agriculture, Senator Abubakar Kyari, made this announcement during an interview with Channels TV on Sunday in Abuja.
Kyari explained that public servants have an accurate data system that will ensure proper documentation of the rice sale, preventing any abuse of the intervention, as was seen during the previous nationwide distribution of rice.
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He emphasized that this system, including the use of the National Identification Number (NIN), is designed to maintain transparency and accountability, ensuring that the rice reaches those who need it without mismanagement or corruption.
Kyari also mentioned that the bags of rice will eventually be allocated to the states to ensure fair and equitable distribution across the entire country.
“The bag of rice that Mr. President has directed to be sold at N40,000 will go to the public servants, especially in the first instance where you have proper data, NIN and once you buy at that, you won’t come back to buy again.
“It’s out there. For the first instance, the civil servants will be prioritized. Then there will be some that will be given to the state. You must give it to somebody, after all. This one is the first instance. It will go first to the civil servants,” Kyari said.
