CITIZENS COMPASS–The Federal Government of Nigeria, announced that the National Identification Numbers (NIN) as the criteria to buy a bag of rice at N40,000.
The Federal Government also said that it would commence the sale of the much awaited 30, 000 metric tonnes of milled rice at N40,000.
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, disclosed this in Abuja during the flag-off ceremony for the sales of rice at N40,000 on Thursday.
He said the sales of rice at N40,000 would at one bag per individual.
He was represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari who promised that the Government would sell rice at N40,000 per bag.
The President said the sales of rice at N40,000 per bag was part of the Federal Government’s effort to alleviate the ongoing food crisis in Nigeria.
“This food intervention can be said to be timely considering the times and challenges we are in as citizens of this great nation.
“As one of the numerous efforts of the present administration to cushion the effect of high cost of food commodities, kindly join me in applauding the immense efforts of the present administration such as the release of 42,000MT of Assorted Food Commodities (AFC) to vulnerable and the 30,000MT of milled rice which is being flagged-off for sales to Nigerians today September 5, 2024,” he stated.
“In view of the above, I urge our dear citizens to cooperate with the relevant agencies of government who will try to serve you to achieve this great initiative of government.
“It is expected that with the injection of 30,000MT (1000 trucks of 30MT each of this important staple into Nigeria’s food balance sheet, it will not only crash the price of rice but also other closer food substitutes and alternatives,” he said.
Also speaking, the Director of Strategic Grains Reserve, Ministry of Agriculture, Haruna Sule, said that public l servants can access the grains at designated points of sale by using their Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System details to buy the rice at N40,000.
“To qualify for the one person one bag, you must have a National Identification Number, of course, you have phone numbers and those in public service are all registered under the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS) platform.
“Once you have any of these at the point of sale, with the NIN logged into the system, a code number and Treasury receipt will be generated, and with that, the buyer can get to the collection centre and pick up his bag.
“The receipt will indicate the time and point of collection to eliminate stampede.”
He clarified that the collection point is separate from the sales point, “At the collection point, you present your code to our officials, and you will be handed a bag of rice.”
Recall that in July, the Federal Government of Nigeria announced that it would sell a bag of 50k
g rice at N40,000.
