The Nigeria Customs Service has urged the Oyo State government to investigate how 1,800 bags of rice it delivered to the government became contaminated.
The Public Relations Officer of Oyo/Osun Command, Abdullahi Lagos, in a statement on Sunday, said the agency was embarrassed to hear, three days later, that the rice allocated to Oyo state was infected with weevils.on the controversy, urged Governor Seyi Makinde to probe the case. “That in line with the Federal Government’s effort to cushion the hardship in the nation, the CGC had directed the distribution of relief items including bags of rice across the nation through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management as palliative to the vulnerable in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
“Before leaving the command on their second visit, they pleaded to be given those from a section of one of the warehouses they considered “fresher” and this was granted. “The Command is therefore surprised, even embarrassed to hear three days later, that the rice allocated to them were infested with weevils and unfit for human consumption.
“It is surprising how bags of rice that exited the Command HQ in good condition suddenly became so bad after 3 days as being circulated in the social media”.However, the Oyo State government has said that it rejected the rice because they were unfit for consumption. “The weevils were clearly noticeable as each or the warehouses was opened. Television cameras were allowed to film the bags of rice just to show the clear reason why the bags were being returned.
The custom boss said it, sometimes ago
This people are constituting themselves into a nuisance
Is it the recipient that needs to probe or the distributor? What's going on in this country that we always turn things on their head.
Who should probe, seller (giver) or buyer (receiver). Let us forget the cause and effect, carry this item and burn
Mad people with scarce resources
Who should be hold responsible here? You're lucky this doesn't happen in Malaysia, you'd been hang & both legs dangling under a tree by now.
Really needs to be probed, that's quite a infantile statement and a blow to the FG. There is something they are not telling us here
CG said it Is poisonous
very very unfortunate !
Mtchewwww
Why must FG give masses foreign rice they said is contaminated, what about our own rice
What are they probing. The rice donated is poisonous and contaminated. Period.
We are in serious trouble
This is insane
You seized rice, kept it under unhealthy condition. After it expires u share it to ur citizens! Are u not worse than the devil?
How can the government investigate what you supplied. How is this making sense.
Just 1 thing can prove the oyo state govt is right,pls just kindly go back to the interview the Head of Customs said after buhari gave the order for them to release the rice in their possession...
Like Oyo like Ondo like FCT, CustomsNG FMHDSD shld help in d investigation.
I Guess Ondo State Too Should Probe how theirs was also Contaminated Useless People
Probe koor Pope ni They should probe themselves
This government is not moving her citizens to believe them
😂😂 This country na comedy unlimited
Smh
The reason y people are dying in kano!
Must we play politics with everything in this country?
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