The Kano State Government has dismissed as “mischievous” reports insinuating that food items donated to the state under the Federal Government palliative on COVID-19 had been destroyed.
Malam Muhammad Garba, the state’s Commissioner for Commissioner, Information, Youths and Culture, in a statement on Tuesday in Kano, dismissed the report as “roguish” peddled by disgruntled elements.
The reports alleged that the grains were destroyed due to lack of storage facilities.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the federal government had supplied over 100 trucks of grains, including millet, maize, rice and sorghum for distribution to the poor to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown.
However, speculations alleged that the grains, kept in the open at the Kano State Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), ere damaged by rain in the past few days.
Reacting to the rumour, Garba said that the state government had made proper arrangement to preserve the grain.
He noted that even before the food items were supplied, Kano had recorded its first rainfall, adding that proper arrangements were made to preserve it.
“I, therefore, urge the public to disregard the roguish which is being peddled by some disgruntled elements to discredit the effort of the government at all cost”.
