The Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo and Osun Command, on Saturday said the 1,800 bags of rice released as palliative to the Oyo State government were good for human consumption.
This was in response to the claim by Oyo State Government that the bags of rice released to it by the command were infected and not good for human consumption.
An aide to Gov. Seyi Makinde on Agricbusiness, Dr Debo Akande, had on Friday alleged that the rice given through the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and released by the Customs were infected with weevils.
However, ASC1 Abdullah Lagos, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that 6,000 bags of rice were given to Ekiti, Osun, Oyo and Ondo States.
He said that only Oyo State claimed that the 1,800 bags of rice released to it were infected and not good for consumption.
Lagos said the claim by the Oyo state government was not fair and the command suspected foul play.
“Representatives of Oyo, Ekiti…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
