Chief of Staff to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, Edgar Amos, on Thursday, defended the decision to put the picture of the governor on bags of rice distributed to the public as palliatives.
Adamawa State, just like many others has been distributing food items as palliatives to cushion the hardship occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy.
However, there were reports that the governor’s picture was printed on the palliatives.
Amos, while featuring on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, explained that the bags of rice carried the governor’s picture to ensure that the food items were not diverted or sold on the black market.
He said, “It is an argument for those who are already comfortable. By the way, we see the photographs of Tinubu in all the offices across the country. Whether you voted for Tinubu or not, he is the president of Nigeria and you have his photographs.
“This is the governor of Adamawa State; whether you voted for him or not, you have his photographs in offices. By the way, it has advantages. It means that somebody who wants to go and sell it in the market will not be able to do so because it is already branded. It is a way of checking the abuse in the process.
“And this is the governor that is loved by the people, so you see a picture of the one you love and eat the rice from the bag, so be it. Who do you think his photograph should be on the rice?
“Anybody who is hungry and is questioning the photographs on the bag of rice is not a hungry man; definitely not. I don’t think a hungry man will question photographs on a bag of rice.”
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