Ondo Joins Oyo State, Rejects Rotten Rice Donated By FG

Gov Seyi Makinde & Gov Akeredolu

The Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has also rejected bags of rice donated to the
state by the Federal Government as part of efforts to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on residents.

About 1,800 bags of rice and vegetable oil were sent to the State by the Federal Government but it was discovered that most of the 1,800 bags received were not fit for human consumption.

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Recall that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Government was the first to reject the expired bags of rice after a thorough inspection. He had then ordered the immediate return of the palliatives.

Now, Governor Akeredolu has followed suit, as he expressed displeasure on the development after he had received the palliative items at the Government House, Alagbaka, Akure.

Confirming the development, Mr Alex Kalejaiye, the Secretary of the State Palliatives Committee, and of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State, revealed that some of the bags of rice had expired and were no longer fit for consumption.

Here's what he said;
“we discovered that some of the bags have expired and are not good for consumption at all; so we are separating them from the ones that are still manageable for consumption. After this, we will still take the ones that appear good to the laboratory to test if they are fit for consumption.


“Some are expired; it is even written on the bags but some are not expired but it seemed they were not properly stored, and those ones not properly stored would not be good to be given to our people without carrying out the laboratory test.

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“The extremely bad ones, we don’t even need to do tests on them, we will return them. We will meet today to decide when to return them, you know we can’t do it without the consent of Mr. Governor.”