Hardship: Alake distributes 1,200 bags of rice to aged, vulnerable Ekiti residents

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake has commenced the distribution of no fewer than 1,200 bags of rice to the aged and vulnerable citizens across Ekiti state.

The Minister in a statement through his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, said the gesture was in response to President Bola Tinubu’s yearnings for the people especially at the grassroots to have access to food items in view of the economic situations in the country.

He explained that the decision of the President to give each minister in the cabinet the bags of rice for onward distribution to the citizens across the country is a testament to his commitment to ameliorating the sufferings of the people.

Alake added that the distribution to the Ministers would further scale up the government’s efforts at making food available to the citizens especially the less privileged and the aged, aside the channels of the state governments and the civil society organisations.

According to him, “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 goods such as these at the established centres. We have taken their inventory and we are delivering to them.”

He said subsequent interventions will target other segments of the populace such as widows, orphans, persons with disabilities and students in higher institutions of learning.

Alake enjoined all public spirited Ekiti people 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.

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