The Adamawa state government has explained why the photograph of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri is on the bags of rice distributed to natives and residents as palliatives.
Speaking with Channels TV on Friday, September 8, Edgar Amos, Chief of Staff to Governor Fintiri, said that the picture of his principal was put on the bags to ensure that the food items were not diverted or sold on the black market.
Amos noted that while some people will use this as a comfortable argument to discredit the governor, he is a loveable person to the people of Adamawa.
His words:
“It is an argument for those who are already comfortable, by the way we see the photographs of Tinubu in all the offices of 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 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 picture of the one you love and eat the rice from the bag, so be it. Who do you think his photographs will be on the rice and it will be better sell for instance?
“Anybody who is hungry and is questioning the photographs on the bag of rice is not hungry man, definitely he is not, I don’t think the hungry man will question the photographs on the bag of rice.”
