Hunger: FG begins sale of 50kg rice at N40,000

Ahead of the planned August 1 nationwide protest, the Federal Government on Monday said it has started to distribute an additional 10 trucks of 50kg rice to each state to be sold at designated centres at N40,000

This is as the Federal Executive Council, (FEC), has insisted that there is no need for the protest as most of the demands put forward by the organizers are being addressed.

Already, ahead of the August 1 national protest, President Bola Tinubu has said that he is protesting on behalf of the youth by addressing most of their gri3vances.

Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed that 10 trucks of rice to each state was a measure put in place to address poverty and high cost of living.