Chief of Staff to Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, Edgar Amos, has explained why an image of the governor is on bags of rice distributed to the public as palliatives.
The governor came under criticism after images of bags of rice shared on social media showed his pictures on the distributed items.
Amos claimed during a Channels TV interview that the governor’s image was placed on rice sacks to prevent food from being stolen or sold illegally.
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 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.”
