Despite the widely-reported cries of hunger by internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north-east and the acute malnutrition ravaging their children, 162,696 bags of rice donated by the Chinese government to the IDPs have been abandoned and left to rot in stores belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

According to the United Nations, Nigeria is still facing a crisis of global magnitude with 7.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in the north east.

In June 2017, the Chinese government had donated and shipped a total of 6,779 metric tons of rice, which is 271 trucks and approximately 162,696 bags of rice into the country’s seaport meant for distribution to IDPs in the north-east as food assistance.


Hunger in the land yet these bags wasting away

Government agencies, like the ministry of budget and national planning, ministry of agriculture, ministry of finance and NEMA were tasked with different responsibilities of receiving, clearing, storage, transportation and distribution of the consignments to the IDPs.

But one year later, after the food items were cleared from the port, they have not reached their destinations – even after another N161m was said to have been spent on transportation, delivery and logistics.

In April, while testifying in company of an official of the Nigeria Customs Service before the house of representatives ad hoc committee on emergency and disaster preparedness, Mustapha Maihaja, director-general of NEMA, denied that the rice was missing.



Maihaja told the committee that the first batch was cleared from the ports and stored in a warehouse in Maiduguri, Borno state, and Yola in Adamawa state.

However, the state governments where the beneficiaries are have denied receiving any single bag of rice from the consignment purported to have been delivered and distributed to the IDPs by NEMA.

Meanwhile, a report by the investigative committee indicted the governing board of NEMA, chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, and recommended the dismissal of Maihaja over breach of public trust and alleged fraudulent practices.

In a telephone interview with TheCable, Sani Datti, NEMA spokesperson, said it is not true that the whole consignment is still with NEMA.

He said the organisation started distributing them last year.

“The distribution started last year. Some of the items are still there and they are being distributed monthly. It’s not that we kept them. We distributed them directly to the beneficiaries. You know the items are large in quantity. I’m a little bit busy right now. You can get my attention later,” Datti said.

When asked to clarify the issues raised in the report by the house of rep committee, he said, “Don’t mind that report. We have our own submission; we’ve made it available. I’ll make it available to you.”

Datti, however, has not responded to inquiries sent to him to provide more information on the quantity of rice distributed so far, the ones still with NEMA and their current condition, the states that have received the items and when they were distributed.

https://www.thecable.ng/over-160000-bags-of-rice-donated-to-idps-by-china-rotting-away-in-nema-stores/amp

Corrupt official hoarding the rice to find buyers and it's taking time hence the rice begins to Rot. Wickedness!! Why is the north always clamouring for power when that power has not helped them in anyway? Born to rule, born to suffer as well.

Imagine!
What other kind hearted persons have laboured to get across to needy Nigerians, some people were just to lazy to distribute them.

if they want to starve all d people in idp, be my guest .. d govt knows what to do and don't want to do it

Really? Chai! See wickedness! So this is the
donated rice they allowed to waste away in the port even incurring a demurrage of over 800millions upon? APC is filled with diabolically wicked souls.

Symphony007:
Corrupt official hoarding the rice to find buyers and it's taking time hence the rice begins to Rot. Wickedness!! Why is the north always clamouring for power when that power has not helped them in anyway? Born to rule, born to suffer as well.

God, Save Us Please

Just imagine bags of rice just rot away. Same thing is happening to rice seized by customs.

Wicked government

APC wailers are still absent here.

This images depicts how Nigeria, not just food is rotting away under the leadership of inhuman APC.

But we shall get liberated from the anchors of APC by Atiku come 2019.
I stand Atikulated!!!

You forgot to add corrupt APC officials.
We will soon be liberated anyway. Sai Atiku come 2019.

Symphony007:
Corrupt official hoarding the rice to find buyers and it's taking time hence the rice begins to Rot. Wickedness!! Why is the north always clamouring for power when that power has not helped them in anyway? Born to rule, born to suffer as well.

Yet some people wonder why people in boko haram territory appear healthier and well fed compared to APC govt's IDP camp in Bornu.

Am only sympathetic to the Children in the ID camp not to the elderly once

Buhari

This is heartbreaking honestly, if it is true. There's no way to confirm these belong to NEMA just from the pictures. It could belong to ANYONE.

Just saying.

IS SHOULD RATHER ROT, since they could not steal or embezzle the consignment!! Nigeria with wicked and evil leaders!!!

Beremx:
Just imagine bags of rice just rot away. Same thing is happening to rice seized by customs.

Wicked government

What happened to you Berem? That you hate Buhari doesn't mean you can't be reasonable anymore.

How are we sure this belongs to NEMA indeed? Do the pictures proove they belong to NEMA?

SolutionMee:

Second generation of colonization loading. Which one is rice donated by China We all know it's being donated by their colonial master.
This is slavery at its peek. The best way to rule over a third-world country is to keep them poor.
Is this how China intends to have the largest economy in the world?
If the US have been doing this way, would they have been this great?
There will never be a time in history when China will be the most powerful nation on this planet.
Never!

Complain about your country and leave China alone

This is one of the dividends of the Buhari govt... categorized by waste and wickedness.

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SolutionMee:

Second generation of colonization loading. Which one is rice donated by China We all know it's being donated by their colonial master.
This is slavery at its peek. The best way to rule over a third-world country is to keep them poor.
Is this how China intends to have the largest economy in the world?
If the US have been doing this way, would they have been this great?
There will never be a time in history when China will be the most powerful nation on this planet.
Never!

As if we have been able to do anything with the independence we obtained. Make dem colonise us joor

wicked. please,please,please sum1 should help me @ signature

Symphony007:
Corrupt official hoarding the rice to find buyers and it's taking time hence the rice begins to Rot. Wickedness!! Why is the north always clamouring for power when that power has not helped them in anyway? Born to rule, born to suffer as well.

Vice pres. prof Osunbade’s
Racket na him them expose like this ?

This is Nigeria

Osibanjo in action


Government of wastages

People are dying of hunger in IDP camp

Rep should probe this Osibanjo guy fast..


This is sin..


Wasting and punishing idp's..


Osibanjo ain't get conscience..

This one just went to Emeka packing store in Ariaria market to snap pictures for his 10 Naira per post duty

thesicilian:
Imagine!
What other kind hearted persons have laboured to get across to needy Nigerians, some people were just to lazy to distribute them.

lazy you say?Needless government bureaucracy... might also be the donors omitting the greasing palm part... this right here is cruelty at it's peak.