https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/kebbi-state-earned-n150bn-from-rice-sales-in-2017-gov/

August 27, 2018

By Godfrey Bivbere

The Kebbi State government last year earned about N150 billion from the sale of its locally cultivated rice, the Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has said.

The governor disclosed this when he played host to Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, Hassan Bello, in his office.

Bello had gone to inform him of the plan to develop an Inland Container Depot, ICD and a Truck/Trail Transit Park in the state.

Bagudu assured the management of NSC that any people oriented project embarked upon by them that will ensure trade facilitation and sustained economic growth will be supported by his administration.

As part of measure to earn more from the popular staple food and shore up the economy of the state, the governor said three giant rice millers, Wocat Rice Processing Mill, Dangote Rice Processing Mill and Dadangari Rice Processing Mill are working at full capacity with the state earning about N150 billion from sale of rice last year alone.

He equally stated that Kebbi State as an agrarian state has enormous potentials in agriculture coupled with acquatic splendour which positions the state as part of the Blue Sea economy.

Bagudu explained that the ICD and the Transit Park are strategic projects given the enormous agricultural and mineral potentials in the state.

Kebbi State with a population of about 15 million, sharing borders with Niger and Benin Republics places it on an advantage in terms of trade facilitation and export of commodities.

The state has 7 big rivers with River Niger traversing all the 3 Senatorial Zones of the state while Argungu River that houses the International Fishing Festival has become a tourist destination.

According to Bagudu, Kebbi State is the highest producer of rice, onions and pepper in the country.

This places the state on advantage for the Lolo Inland Container Depot and Vehicle/Truck Transit Park to help in the evacuation of farm produce from the hinterland to the urban areas and for export.

He further informed the NCS team that the Federal Government’s grand design to open the hinterlands so as to achieve sustainable growth will help Kebbi State as the agricultural belt of the nation.

“We have provided enabling environment to our teeming farmers in the rural areas with farm implements, seedlings and fertilizer thereby encouraging them for all season farming,” he stated.

Explaining further why his administration is desirous to partner with NSC on the proposed projects, the governor revealed that apart from his being the National Vice-Chairman of Food Security Committee, a nation’s health and economic growth is measured on food reliance and self sufficiency.

“A nation that cannot feed its people will suffer a lot of international market vagaries. The Lolo Inland Container Depot will help in galvanizing the evacuation of farm produce to the urban areas and for export.

“We have also entered into partnership arrangement with an indigeneous company for an ultra modern World Class Sugar Processing Plant with a total cost of about $330million when completed. The project is sited in Augie Local Government Area, a border town between Kebbi State and Sokoto State. All these agricultural transformation drive of this administration has encouraged farmers to not only be active and productive but has to a large extent reduced youth restellness as the state is adjudged as the most peaceful state in the northern geo-political zone. We believe that your twin projects can que into our model,” Bagudu noted.

In his remarks, Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council Hassan Bello informed the Governor that their decision to construct the two projects in the state after a careful study showed that Kebbi State is strategically located not only to stimulate the economy of the state but the multiplier effect of its location is enormous.

Mynd44,
Lalasticlala,
OAM4J

Commendable if true...way to go at the state levels.

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While some are working some refuse to get up from but remain cursing from thier penury

Kebbi is now the food basket of the nation, not Benue state again. This is the handwork of the fulani herdsmen

This is commendable.
If other states can just look inward and harness their potentials, there will be no need of running to Abuja to queue to oil money.

And until a stakeholder visit these state govs, they can never disclose how much their state makes??

We pray for a better Nigeria.

Dat is a Gud one

Why does this sound like a big fat lie??

nice development

all states should develop their resources and stop


waiting for allocation

The most important question is, what was the money used for? it's not just to quote earnings

kaen1317:
Why does this sound like a big fat lie??

its not


Nigerians eat rice a lot


and check our population

Thank God for rice production but it is high time we ventured into technological inventions too, we have the manpower.

OK nice one

Did I just read that Kebbi state has a population of about 15million people and it shares border with Benin and Niger Republics?
Op please check your facts.

nely:
The most important question is, what was the money used for? it's not just to quote earnings

The state not the state government... What it means is that people in the state became richer by 150bn buy farming and selling rice alone.... Hope you get now

Sharmeenator:
Did I just read that Kebbi state has a population of about 15million people and it shares border with Benin and Niger Republics?
Op please check your facts.

That part get as e be... Maybe he meant 1.5 million

DAT rice wey stone dey full am? Nigerians can eat anything.

israelmao:
Thank God for rice production but it is high time we ventured into technological inventions too we have the manpower.

Hopefully, we'll get there. We couldn't even produce our own rice in d not too distant past

israelmao:
Thank God for rice production but it is high time we ventured into technological inventions too we have the manpower.

Why can't you start it... Did American government start facebook, twitter or even google?

Don't tell me government should provide the environment... As a business man you should work with your condition.... India didnt also have power when they entered the tech world

K

There are lots of ways each state can generate revenue. But that Abuja money too sweet.
Lazy arse governors e. g ekiti, Imo, Osun, jigawa, kogi, kwara, bayelsa, abia, Ebonyi, adamawa, delta, edo

AntiZombie:



its not


Nigerians eat rice a lot


and check our population

does thailand and local rice taste same Or are those thailand rice rebagged

I no jus understand d way government go dey call all dese fat fat money as income or revenue yet if you look the state of infrastructure, cost of living, salaries for dis country e no even look like say we dey make even 5 naira........either dem dey chop am or all dese figures na jus lie lie........but wetin i even know seff

mrvitalis:

The state not the state government... What it means is that people in the state became richer by 150bn buy farming and selling rice alone.... Hope you get now

You dont need to respond to every illiterate that comes online with silly questions, all they are looking for is how the state lost 10 naira due to gboko haram and Fulani terrorist menace so that can rant and shout BUHARI must go back to Duara.

Where did they sell the rice? probably export?

ANAMBRA RICE....

No stones, No sands

kaen1317:
Why does this sound like a big fat lie??

Because you and your generation are lovers of bad news.

Tolexander:
Kebbi is now the food basket of the nation, not Benue state again. This is the handwork of the fulani herdsmen

The basket relocated to Kebbi

Rice this rice that
I haven't seen these local rice
I am in Lagos
Where is the rice

Boyooosa:
DAT rice wey stone dey full am? Nigerians can eat anything.

There is no stone in the one Lagos and kebbi produce. If we don't buy naija. How are we going to grow. Countries like China, Japan, South and North Korea etc believe in themselves.
But it is like dem use foreign things swear for this country