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National President of the Nigerian Rice Investors group, Mr. Tunde Owoeye, has noted that the rice policy of the present administration is feasible and visible, ThisDay reports.
“We have seen some of our members who were pure traders make huge investment in local rice production. We also have seen serious increase in employment and value creation in the rice sector,” he said.
He also added that the federal government provided rice investors with improved seedlings, for which reason rice production is getting better.
“If you travel through Zamfara, Niger, Benue, Sokoto and many other states in the country, you will see vast plantations of rice in the last two years,” he said.
The National President, Rice Millers, Importers and Distributors’ Association of Nigeria (RMIDAN), Abubakar Mohammed, also observed that there was only one processing mill in the whole of Nigeria in the last five years, but that the number has increased to 24 mills by 2014.
“We process 800,000 tonnes of paddy rice annually and the government is putting measures in place to produce additional 360,000 tonnes. All these happened by the help of President Goodluck Jonathan and the minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina,” Abubakar stated.
#Nigeria #Rice
“We have seen some of our members who were pure traders make huge investment in local rice production. We also have seen serious increase in employment and value creation in the rice sector,” he said.
He also added that the federal government provided rice investors with improved seedlings, for which reason rice production is getting better.
“If you travel through Zamfara, Niger, Benue, Sokoto and many other states in the country, you will see vast plantations of rice in the last two years,” he said.
The National President, Rice Millers, Importers and Distributors’ Association of Nigeria (RMIDAN), Abubakar Mohammed, also observed that there was only one processing mill in the whole of Nigeria in the last five years, but that the number has increased to 24 mills by 2014.
“We process 800,000 tonnes of paddy rice annually and the government is putting measures in place to produce additional 360,000 tonnes. All these happened by the help of President Goodluck Jonathan and the minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina,” Abubakar stated.
#Nigeria #Rice