The community development association (CDA) chairman of Sokeye Estate in Ogun State has condemned Dapo Abiodun, the state governor, over a 25 kg bag of rice sent to him as a palliative for the estate.
The CDA chairman expressed his grievances towards the governor in a viral video on Saturday, in which he accused him of insulting the people of Sokeye Estate, and publicly rejected the palliative.
“If you want to give us palliatives, don’t insult us. This is an insult. Sokeye Estate refuses to be insulted,” he said.
“I was just at home, and they brought this for me as palliative for the whole of Sokeye Estate. In this estate, we have 147 houses with families and tenants living there. I’m confused; I don’t know how to share this with 147 households in Sokeye Estate.
“If you guys, the government, I’m talking to Dapo Abiodun now. If you people know you cannot do something, don’t do it. We are not beggars, so we don’t need your rice as a palliative. This is not even up to one bag. We don’t need your rice as a palliative.
“If it is impossible, do not force yourself to do it. We are not hungry or starving here. I will like to return this rice so they can give it to Dapo Abiodun to hand it over to his boss, Tinubu, who instructed him to do this. They should give it to their children. We are not hungry, and God will not make us starve.”
In September, the Ogun State government began the distribution of 300,000 bags of rice to its residents as part of a nationwide effort to mitigate the impact of petrol subsidy removal.
