Gov. Eno To Introduce Vouchers For Subsidized Food.
Akwa Ibom state government is set to engage registered vendors to set up redemption centres where poor citizens, availed food vouchers, could purchase basic foods items at government discounted rates.
Governor Umo Eno making the revelation in Uyo, Monday explained that the intended modalities aims at checking middlemen buying staple food, hoarding it to resell at cutthroat prices.
Addressing the hardship posed by soaring food prices, the Governor at the All Nations Christian Ministry March First Sunday Service, said, “We want this food to get to the real people. If not properly managed, people would buy it, hoard and resell at a higher price again to the masses.
He assured that the Ministry of Agriculture would make farm inputs available for cultivation and also would be ready to offtake from farmers willing to sell surplus harvest.
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