The Akwa Ibom State chapter of the African Action Congress, AAC, has rejected four bags of rice which it said was given to it by the Federal Government as palliative to cushion the harsh economic effects of the removal of subsidy.
The AAC chairman in the state, Elder Utip Etiebiet, said the palliative arrangement was deliberately devised “to mock and manipulate the intelligence of Nigerians”.
Etiebet lamented that the palliative was politicised and shared based on political party lines in the state.
Speaking in Uyo, the state capital, Etiebet noted that the party returned its share of four bags of rice it received from the state government through the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, which disbursed the relief materials.
Etiebet said a letter has been sent to IPAC to that effect.
Etiebet said: “Following the stand of my party, African Action Congress, AAC, that the palliative by the Federal Government of Nigeria is a ruse, deceitful and a dubious way of acting on the intelligence of Nigerians, we hereby reject the rice offer of four bags that were offered to the party.
“AAC is not a refugee camp, and we never acted beggarly to warrant four bags of rice to be sent to the office. Our members have unanimously said that they do not have to survive on palliative since AAC is not a refugee camp.”
