Hunger: CSOs, farmers express mixed reactions over FG's distribution of rice
•Urge govt to be transparent, avoid COVID 19-type attacks on warehouses AS Nigerians deeply agonize excruciating hunger facing them currently, civil society organizations, CSOs, and farmers yesterday expressed mixed feelings about the distribution of bags of rice to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, by the federal government. Recall that the Federal Executive Council, FEC, had through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday announced the distribution of 740 truck load of rice to thestates and FCT, with each receiving 20 trucks. 740 trucks unlikely to reduce hunger - ActionAid Reacting to the development yesterday, the Country Director, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Andrew Mamedu, said the 740 trucks of rice for distribution across the country would unlikely reduce the biting hunger hitting Nigerians. Mamedu said: "While the distribution of 740 trucks of rice may provide temporary relief to some vulnerab...