COVID-19 lockdown: Gov. Wike under fire for allegedly giving out 3 cups of rice, 5 cups of garri to families in Rivers
COVID-19 lockdown: Gov. Wike under fire for allegedly giving out 3 cups of rice, 5 cups of garri to families in Rivers Former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has described the palliative measures put in place by the Rivers State Government to cushion the effect of the COVID -19 lockdown as a serious embarrassment to the sensibilities of the good people of Rivers State. In a statement made available to media houses in Port Harcourt, Eze maintained that Rivers people deserve more than three cups of rice, few cups of garri and a sachet of noodle as palliative for each family after budgeting a whopping sum of two billion naira (N2B) in this regard. According to the State opposition party chieftain, “the State government food palliative intervention through its Committee headed by His Excellency, Ambassador Desmond Akawo the newly elected PDP State Chairman though targe...