First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has incurred the anger of the citizens after she flagged off the distribution of 100 trucks of rice and N1.2 billion in palliative support for vulnerable households across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The intervention, carried out in collaboration with the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Political and Other Matters, is aimed at supporting vulnerable Muslim communities ahead of the Eid al-Adha celebrations.

Speaking at the flag-off ceremony in Kaduna, Mrs Tinubu said the gesture was a demonstration of solidarity with the Muslim Ummah in northern Nigeria and a practical expression of compassion and support during the festive season.

She said “As we approach Eid Kabir, a season of sacrifice, compassion and gratitude, this intervention translates the message of the season into palliatives for vulnerable Muslim communities across all northern states and the Federal Capital Territory.”

The gesture, laudable as it sounds, however, did not go down well with many citizens.

Below are reactions of some citizens on X, formerly twitter.

Uk Bello

@UkBello13

You eat the rice till when they need your vote again. Don’t forget they’ll recover the money they spent on rice from the  new tax law they will impose on you

afeez babatunde

@afeez871

Only MAD people will vote for this people again, the only thing this ADMINISTRATION can offer is the distribution of RICE.  Husband, Wife and Son rice distribution governance, why can’t our people put on their thinking caps to vote out this nothing party out of power

Olanusi Akintayo

@OlanusiAkin

That’s the money that should have been used to fix electricity for the benefit of all Nigerians. TINUBU MUST GO!!!

ѕιмιѕᴏʟᴀ

@playboysimii

This woman should sit somewhere joor

What is all this nonsense

Rice?

God forbid

Why don’t you use that rice money and establish a farm, employ them

Let them plant what they will eat

Secure them too

Rada rada

Ose (SWIFT NAYTION)

@dastreetking

She is using Nigerian’s taxpayers money to do charity work. Everytime is to share rice. Anything that goes wrong they share rice when bandits kill people they share rice wtf is this rice government doing?😏

mwaka

@Mussa_bilali99

I am Surprised that Northern Nigerians need more rice than opportunities for education and Jobs.They are giving fish,instead of teaching how to catch fish.

iPledge2Nigeria

@pledge2nigeria

IN ALL HONESTY- This government has no respect for its citizens. It has no idea how to alleviate poverty and believes shoving rice down the throats of the people will solve every day trauma bedevilling every Nigerian excluding the privileged few benefiting from this clueless government of democracy destroyers.

Jeff

@JoeJeffz

What a shame! that a country they are in charge of the citizens can’t afford rice……is the Northern people that poor that they can’t afford the rice they cultivate? She is proud to announce giving rice and palliative to the Muslim community. So you keep them at the poverty level 💯 in order to offer them not progress but some few cups of rice and noodles. What an ev!l heart.

Kokam

@samueln65553797

Dem wan replace their blood with rice…every election cycle na rice and spaghetti. The height of see finish be dis… no good road, hospital or school….Dey aren’t after what will benefit the son of a nobody

Toochukwu of Divine Mercy.

@_ugomsinachi

Every problem has rice as the solution in the head of the Tinubus.   Tinubu is unpopular in the North;

First lady sends rice to every state in the North. May be, Tinubu used Rice to solve erectile dysfunction for even the first lady to believe that rice solves all problem. 😭😭😂😂😂