Governors deny hoarding CACOVID palliatives, explains storage of looted food items in warehouses across the country

The 36 Governors of the Federation, through a statement issued by it's body, Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), have denied hoarding the food items donated by the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), to ease the economic hardship imposed on the poor by the COVID-19 lockdown.  says some state Governors were yet to receive the food items while some others who received theirs were waiting for the appropriate time to distribute them.

A group of Nigerian business persons and corporate organizations, which calls itself Coalition Against COVID had donated billions of naira, some of which were given towards Medical facilities and others for food items. The food items were delivered to state governments which held them in warehouses as it planned the logistics for their distribution before Some of those warehouses were raided and looted in the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protest. As hoodlums looted the warehouses across the country, some Nigerians accused the governors of hoarding the food items even as millions of citizens starved.

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