Nigeria is now the second largest rice producer in the world, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has proclaimed.

He said this at a special interactive session with the youths organized by Citizens Support for Good Governance in Nigeria (SGGN) in Abuja during the weekend.

“No country will develop when you have to import virtually everything, including tooth pick and tissue paper. All the food we eat in this country was being imported. So, all of the money earned was just going to buy food.

“But as I speak to you now, Nigeria just achieved the record of the second largest producer of rice in the world. The rice revolution just started a year ago. Some of you from Nasarawa know the kind of things going on there. A newspaper did an investigation in Kebbi and they found out that there were 48,000 new millionaires in Kebbi state alone last year for growing rice.

“This over-reliance on oil has killed this country and we cannot continue like this. So, the diversification of the economy means more money will be in the hands of ordinary Nigerians. And there will be widespread prosperity all over the country.”



http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/nigeria-now-2nd-largest-rice-producer.html


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Is it that stone rice that is called abakailiki rice?

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So Nigeria has now overtaking India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan and even the USA?



I laff.

How can kebbi rice production in one year surpass rice production for Asian countries knowing fully well their population and rice being their staple food?

This lie resembles that same lie spewed by El Rufai that Kaduna has more gold than South Africa.

Just like the saying goes, there is more gold being mined in the minds of men than there can be in the ground.


Make una dey softly lie abeg

they should stop decieving themselves

Lol








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I am a believer ooo

stone rice no2
we are going somewhere






it is well

A milestone I must say!
Without war no peace.
Cry less we shall see success in due course.

If I hear

Scammers

On paper.

I smell lies

Nigerians and wiyo even in nairaland

The propagander continues hope its not from the minister of lies

And people are dying of hunger everday

What a joke!


I laugh in Japanese.

DonEd:
What a joke!


I laugh in Japanese.

Very soon they will say Nigeria has even surpassed China.

ImadeUReadThis:
So Nigeria has now overtaking India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Thailand?


I laff.

This lie resembles that same lie spewed by El Rufai that Kaduna has more gold than South Africa.

Just like the saying goes, there is more gold being mined in the minds of men than there can be in the ground.


Make una dey softly lie abeg

you are soo strange...why are you still in nigeria??..

for what??..

migrate to europe..

go bother the europeans...

How did he come about his figures? In fact what country does he think is d largest rice producer before Nigeria as second largest according to him? How do these louts just manufacture data from Aso rock n then announce to their gullible zombies as fact? What we're the terms of reference for the calculation and subsequent outcome of rice production? What international organisation has released this data? Na wa o!

una believed jonathan that nigeria is giant of africa..

but common rice una no believe...

Can this be true?
Biggest lie of the century.
Check out this link.....we're not even in the first ten
https://www.worldriceproduction.com/

http://www.trendingtopmost.com/worlds-popular-list-top-10/2017-2018-2019-2020-2021/world/largest-rice-producing-countries-world/

This contraption called Nigeria....This yahoo yahoo government sef.........they can lie........

Abegi check this track wey I use phone produce...........abeg make una encourage me.........

https://www.nairaland.com/3633747/full-music-produced-mobile-phone

freeze001:
How did he come about his figures? In fact what country does he think is d largest rice producer before Nigeria as second largest according to him? How do these louts just manufacture data from Aso rock n then announce to their gullible zombies as fact? What we're the terms of reference for the calculation and subsequent outcome of rice production? What international organisation gas released this data? Na wa o!

because we have worldwide info who produces what..

i know germans are export winners in 2016...

what una even know sef of the rest of the world than dollars,bleaching cremes and condoms..??..

nothing...

Garba, why have u decided to take over from Lie Mohd?

It seems everybody now knows Lie.

Oblitz:
Can this be true?

could be...

but i dont think the fg will lie and loose face in 2weeks...

It is commendable that we are growing towards food sufficiency.
But i take most reports coming from the presidency with a large grain of salt.

darknetcom:


because we have worldwide info who produces what..

i know germans are export winners in 2016...

what una even know sef of the rest of the world than dollars,bleaching cremes and condoms..??..

nothing...

Can we see that worldwide information of production? Include production data of bleaching creams and condoms please so I can crosscheck n verify my own info.

second largest producer and rice is still perk at 22-27k for a bag. hmm, don't blow your trumpet allow the market and the ordinary citizens on the street say it

EdCure:
I take anything coming from the presidency with a large grain of salt.

Batter to take it with a bag of salt, that way u are not caught unawares and u don't get ur hands dirty cos you'll need to take on loads of grains along with their 'press releases'.

freeze001:


Can we see that worldwide information of production? Include production data of bleaching creams and condoms please so I can crosscheck n verify my own info.

i dont have time for this...

lets wait two weeks,if the fg lied it will come out...

darknetcom:


i dont have time for this...

lets wait two weeks,if the fg lied it will come out...

Really? I thought u had information? So I've to actually wait 2 weeks to verify information from the government? Make una take am easy for dis una defenders work o!

Douglaufuoma:
second largest producer and rice is still perk at 22-27k for a bag. hmm, don't blow your trumpet allow the market and the ordinary citizens on the street say it

that wonders me too..

why is the price still so high...

the distrubutors are either cheating us or someone is too greedy to adjust the price...

rice millionars..

they are selling everything abroad and not to nigerians.. :

freeze001:


Really? I thought u had information? So I've to actually wait 2 weeks to verify information from the government? Make una take am easy for dis una defenders work o!

girl...i dont have time...

nigerians and their corrupt nature piss me off...