 President Bola Tirubu has directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to release about 42,000 metric tons of maize, millet and other commodities in strategic reserves to address the rising cost of food in the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, set these at a state house in Abuja after a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention. According to Idris, the Rice Millers Association of Nigeria has also committed to releasing about 60,000 metric tons of rice to the markets. The first one is that the Prime Minister of Agriculture and Food Security has been directed to release about 42,000 metric tons of maize, millet and other commodities, gari and other commodities as in their strategic reserves, so that these items will be made available to Nigeria as 42,000 metric tons immediately. The second one is that we have held meetings with the Rice Millers Association of Nigeria, those who are responsible for producing this rice, and we have asked them to open up their stores. They have told us that they can guarantee about 60,000 metric tons of rice. They will make that available to Nigerians to bring it out to the markets so that food will be made available. Now the whole idea of this is to crush the cost of these food items, and these are measures that will happen immediately.