The Osun Food and Relief Committee which is in charge of the food donated by Coalition Against Covid-19 (CACOVID), on Friday said the food items were not distributed up till now because it was waiting for approval from the donor.
The Secretary of the Committee, Alhaji Bayo Jimoh said the committee was still expecting the approval of (CACOVID) and lamented that the warehouse in Ede was looted
He said, “It is not true that the food items were hoarded. The food items can only be distributed after a formal flag-off by the CACOVID Office, Abuja.
“We do not have the authority to distribute the food items without approval from Abuja.
The residents of the state lamented that the food items that were meant to serve as relief during lockdown was kept at the warehouse up till now.
But Bayo said the committee was still expecting the rice component of the donated items, which is 40,230 bags of 5kg, saying, “All these are part of the reasons the items were still in the warehouse up till the time of the invasion.”
He said, “The following items were donated: Pasta FMN – 29,992; Pasta OLAM -10,282; noodles – 80,644; garri – 40,322; salt – 40,320; and sugar – 40,227.
“However, the rice components of the donated items are yet to be delivered up until now,” he added.
Reporters At Large had reported that residents of Ede, Ido-Osun and Ofatedo areas of Osun State on Friday broke into cocoa industry warehouse and cart away with food items meant to serve residents of the state as palliatives.
Food items such as noodles, rice, spaghetti and different food items donated to the State government by CACOVID were looted by residents, who forced their way into the store.
