The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, announced his government’s plan to begin distribution of palliatives among other initiatives to cushion the effect of high cost of living in the country.
Sanwo-Olu disclosed this in a live media chat with journalists on Thursday.
He said, “On the food palliatives, as we speak, I’m expecting over 200 trailers of rice coming from up north.
“Food purchase and distribution that will cover about 300,000 households that will have 10kg rice, 5kg garri, 5kg beans and have other small things like tomatoes in a combo bag.”
The governor added that there will be “Sunday Markets” where Lagosians can buy food items at discounted rates.
He said, “We are going to be opening ‘Sunday Markets’ in about 42 markets in Lagos. This time you’ll be buying at a reduced cost. We’re going to cap what you can buy at not more than N25,000 and we’re going to be giving you a 25% rebate immediately there.
“Somebody that wants to buy N10,000. N15,000, which are the people that we want to take out from poverty, we will give you an immediate discount of about 25 per cent.
“The third level will be that we are doing what we call the Soup Bowl. We want to identify ‘Mama Put’, caterers and we want to be able to feed between 1,000 and 1,500 in every local government per day, at the first instance between the next 30 to 60 days.”