Oyo state government will begin distribution of food palliatives to residents of the state tomorrow,Wednesday.
The Commissioners for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, Budget and Planning, Professor Babatunde Musibaudeen, and Women Affairs, Mrs Toyin Balogun,disclosed this at a press briefing on Tuesday shortly after the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting.
The food palliatives include among other items 10kg bag of rice and 5kg bag of beans which would be given to each vulnerable households.
Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Professor BabatundeMusibaudeen,announced that 200,000 household would benefit from the palliatives distribution.
He noted that the 200,000 household by multiplier effect translates to about one million residents of the state expected to benefit from the exercise.
According to him,the palliative budgetary framework comprise various segments including food, food security (agropreneurs), security apparatus among others.
The total cost budgeted for the state palliatives is N8.63 billion and of the total cost, the state government shoulders N5.9 billion cost,while the local government shoulders N2.6 billion.
On how the government arrived at the category of the indigents that would benefit from the palliatives,the Commissioners for Information and Budget in their separate responses said data generated from Covid-19 has so far proved to be most reliable and would be used as a baseline template subject to future reviews after feedback received from the phase one of the exercise.
