{"id":57960,"date":"2024-12-13T18:20:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57960"},"modified":"2024-12-13T18:20:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T18:20:19","slug":"ogun-government-begins-sale-of-subsidized-fg-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/13\/ogun-government-begins-sale-of-subsidized-fg-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogun Government Begins Sale of Subsidized FG Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ogun State Government has launched the sale of subsidized Federal Government rice in Ijebu-Ode, aimed at easing economic hardships in the Ogun East Senatorial District.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative follows the flag-off by Governor Dapo Abiodun in Abeokuta, with plans to distribute the rice across all three senatorial districts.<\/p>\n<p>Hamzat Abdulwasiu, from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, outlined the registration process, requiring residents to present their NIN and a loaded ATM card with N40,000.<\/p>\n<p>Distribution of 50kg bags will occur within 48 to 72 hours, and only digital payments are accepted for efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Olusoji Adekoya, speaking for the Ogun State Government, reported smooth distribution in Ijebu-Ode, noting a high turnout and positive feedback.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, which runs for three weeks, has provided significant relief to households.<\/p>\n<p>Beneficiaries, such as Mr. Bode Ayanbugajo, praised the scheme and called for additional measures to address the country\u2019s socio-economic challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu The Ogun State Government has launched the sale of subsidized Federal Government rice in Ijebu-Ode, aimed at easing economic hardships in the Ogun East Senatorial District. This initiative follows the flag-off by Governor Dapo Abiodun in Abeokuta, with plans to distribute the rice across all three senatorial districts. Hamzat Abdulwasiu, from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57962,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57960\/revisions\/57962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}