The Dangote Foundation has donated 10,000 bags of 10kg rice to the Enugu State government.

The legal adviser to Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu, Osinachi Nnajieze, confirmed this during an interview with journalists on Saturday in Enugu.

Mr Nnajieze revealed that the bags of rice would be distributed equitably across the 17 local government areas of the state.

According to him, each LGA will receive at least 588 bags of rice, which are expected to be distributed to those who need them most.

He warned the council chairs against hoarding or sharing the rice to their family members, relatives and friends, stressing that the gesture was meant for indigents.

“What we have decided to do as a state with what we received from the generosity of the Dangote Foundation is to ensure that it goes to the most indigent, to those who need it the most.

“We are so determined to be equitable and very diligent in the sharing that I have literally told even the people around me not to expect any bag of 10kg rice.

“None of us is indigent as the people that we are targeting, which is the goal of the donor, Dangote Foundation, and also in line with the governance principles of our government,” Mr Nnajieze said.

The state chairman, Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Okechukwu Ede, appreciated the president of the Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote, for the kind gesture.

Mr Ede promised that the bags of rice would be shared among the 17 LGAs, noting that none of them would be short-changed.

(NAN)