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 an online medium, The Cable.

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.


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 N161 million was said to have been spent on transportation, delivery and logistics.

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 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.

https://newsdey.com/2018/11/over-160000-bags-of-rice-donated-to-idps-by-china-rots-away-in-nema-stores/

Fraud Everywhere

Nigeria have enough rice in the country already, all thanks to the development in agriculture in this my administration. Why then must we allow China to give us rice to eat when we have enough rice farms?. We only accepted the rice from them so that they won't think Nigeria is proud, and also because of the money we plan on borrowing from them too.


~ProsidentBuhari

To even think over #800 miliion demurrage was paid makes the situation more depressive.

with this story show me someone who still believe that APC-led government isn't a fraud and i will prove to such that his/her mother is still a virgin

Government of disaster front and back. Now even the IDPs that have been displaced as a result of this failed government are not spared by their incompetence and corruption. Thunder fire anybody that still supports this demonic party.

ProsidentBuhari:



Nigeria have enough rice in the country already, all thanks to the development in agriculture in this my administration. Why then must we allow China to give us rice to eat when we have enough rice farms?. We only accepted the rice from them so that they won't think Nigeria is proud, and also because of the money we plan on borrowing from them too.


~ProsidentBuhari

them do you?

this is what came to your mind after reading this?


if na only you your mama born...,




she no get pikin.


shikena