JUST IN: SERAP to Buhari: Probe alleged sending of expired rice as palliatives

By Abdulfatah Last updated Apr 27, 2020

A man carries bags of rice on his head at a border between Abuja and the Nasarawa State on March 30, 2020, as he leaves to neighbouring states after Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari called for a lockdown to limit the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. - Over 20 million Nigerians on Monday scrambled to prepare for lockdown in sub-Saharan Africa's biggest city Lagos and the capital Abuja, as the continent struggled to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a two-week "cessation of all movements" in the key cities from 2200 GMT in a bid to ward off an explosion of cases in Africa's most populous country. (Photo by Kola SULAIMON / AFP) (Photo by KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images)

The Socio – Economic Right And Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari should investigate allegation that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs is sending ‘expired’ rice to some states as palliative.

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In a tweet from SERAP, on Monday, the group wrote, “: COVID-19: We’re calling on President Buhari to immediately probe allegation that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs is sending ‘expired’ rice to some states as palliative.

“If it’s true, this will severely compromise people’s well-being and violate their right to food.”

JUST IN: SERAP to Buhari: Probe alleged sending of expired rice as palliatives

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