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.”

Mallam Garba Shehu did not give any data to support his assertions, So here are the facts.
Rank Country Annual Production (1000 metric tons) 2016
1 China 144560
2 India 104800
3 Indonesia 35560
4 Bangladesh 34500
5 Vietnam 28234
6 Thailand 18750
7 Burma 12600
8 Philippines 11915
9 Brazil 8465
10 Japan 7842
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Initially we hd lie Muhammad,now ,we hv lie lie Muhammad,we beta do something b4 lielielielie Muhammad will come o,

I give up on Nigeria .


The same way they said we are the giant of Africa

Op why u dey vest like this so somebody no the follow u play?

This one will not make front page but if it's Liar Muhammed and his lying crew article it will make front page sharply.

It's the media that wld lead Nigeria to doom. Very useless country

The same way they claim trump call to PMB was the first to any african leader....
Lie upon lie

Yet we are paying high to get what we are producing in mass..

Am fed up of this APC

Where is that boy darknet or something that i can't waste my time to cram his name

What a shame

Haha, who con talk this lie nau? The person no no say information dey free for internet this days Who he go be self if not that ...., Hmm I no talk hin name o, but you kno am

Shehu Garba can only fool their supporters not most Nigerians. Their lying days in power are numbered.

Busted again

and you are seriously saying this is not a Zoo

shake head!

but on a serious note it is only the afonjas will believe anything in buhari era