- Governor Ahmed Aliyu has announced a reduction in the price for a 50kg bag of rice for Sokoto resident
- Sokoto residents will purchase a bag of rice from the state government at a subside rate; between N40,000 and N45,000
- The state commissioner for local government, Ibrahim Adare, confirmed the development on Wednesday via a statement and shared further details
Governor Ahmed Aliyu has crashed the price of bags of rice for Sokoto residents.
Photo credit: Ahmed AliyuSource: FacebookSokoto residents to buy rice at N40k or N45kThe state government under the leadership of Dr Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, as part of his administration plan to make life easy for the residents of the state, decided to procure 300 truckloads of rice.The rice will be allocated to each ward. As we all know we have 244 wards in the state, each of the wards is entitled to one truckload of rice and will be made available at discount rates.The government will subsidise the item will about a 55 per cent rate. If a bag of rice is N86,000 in the market, we will make it available at between N40,000 and N45,000, Adare said.Read more on rice story:
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