FG rice can’t solve hunger problem – Edo

The Edo State government, on Wednesday, said it received some trucks of rice from the Federal Government early this year but described them as a drop in the ocean.

“Twenty trucks of rice? We are close to seven million people in Edo State. How does that help?”Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, queried on Wednesday.

Nehikhare, who addressed a press conference in Benin on Wednesday, said the clarification followed the insistence by the state All Progressives Congress, former governor Adams Oshiomhole and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Abubakar Momoh, that Edo State collected truckloads of rice from the Federal Government.

The commissioner said, “On the issue of the Federal Government giving us rice, I will tell you, a few months ago, maybe early this year or late last year or mid-this year, they brought some few trucks of rice.