The Chairman of the council, Mr Johnson Babatunde, said that the first batch of the distribution exercise was undertaken on August 21, 2023.

Babatunde said the gesture was to support the weak, the needy, the widow, the fatherless, the aged and other vulnerable persons.

“We are doing this second batch of our food subsidy now because we know that January is always a month that many complain of hardship after spending hugely for the Yuletide. The second batch of the exercise had to be hastened up in order to alleviate difficulties associated with the month of January.

Since yesterday and all through the night, we have started packaging our subsidised yam, rice, beans and cassava grains (garri) as part of efforts to alleviate the suffering at a time like this.

“We have purchased trailer loads of tubers of yam and many other food items.

When we look at the country, what is most important now is food. Food is the most important of the three basic life necessities.

“You can still live if you don’t have a house (shelter) or clothing but once there is no food, life is at risk. Once our people solve the issue of food, their problem is minimal.”