In an effort to alleviate the financial burden on residents caused by the expensive prices of food items, the Nasarawa State Government has collaborated with the local traders and marketers association to purchase their goods and offer them at reduced prices to the public.
After finalising the agreement, the government has received over 2,100 bags of rice from the association, which will be sold to the public.
Governor Abdullahi Sule, in his statement to the press, emphasised the state government’s commitment to actively seeking solutions to improve the welfare of the state’s residents.
“We will buy from them and distribute part of the rice free of charge and sell the remainder at a discounted price. We will also buy millet and maize to be shared to people. We want to therefore appeal for the people to remain patient.
“It is high time we came together to help ourselves. It is inconsiderate for someone to hoard food items while waiting for the prices to soar before selling them.
“It is even possible that at the time such a person wants to sell his food items, he may lack buyers because of scarcity of money. It is not good for someone who bought a 50kg bag of sugar at N32,000 to turn around and sell it at N72,000.
“Stop hoarding food items.
Hunger is ravaging the people. If we continue to hoard food items and people continue to die, we would answer before God,” he stated
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