Lagos State Government says discussion about the development of agricultural commodity value
chain with Niger State aimed at ensuring food security and job creation for the two states and the country has started. The government on Wednesday added that the Lagos-Niger partnership, the second of its kind that the state would be entering into under the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode administration, would be directed at boosting the Gross Domestic Product of the two states.
Ambode, who spoke during a courtesy visit by the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, to the Lagos House, Ikeja, said the state had also entered into partnership with Kebbi State on the development of the agricultural commodity value chain.He added that the Lagos-Niger partnership was aimed at producing 70 per cent of Nigeria’s rice requirements annually, as well as boosting the production of wheat, groundnut, maize, millet, sorghum and sugarcane, among others.
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In as much as I like good ideas such as this one, I want to advice any government in Nigeria to stop quoting useless percentage offhand just to please their supporters.

I read everyday that one Programe will produce 80% of rice that Nigeria consumes.
Another claims it will produce 90% of tomatoes Nigerians consume.
These rogue governors only come together to shake hands, take pictures and stoke their egos, none of them knows the actual amount of food consumed in Nigeria everyday.

5 years after, we still import rice and Tomatoes.
No State in Nigeria knows it's population, not even any local government knows it's current population.

Nigeria produce rice in every corner of the country, yet we import rice, who eats all our local rice then?

una don start una lie again.zombies,over to you.

Relaxing continues

Gov Ambode's agricultural policy is a welcome devt,as this will help reduce billions spent on rice,wheat importation and also a major boost to the economy

Lagos has the market, Niger has the land.............good collabo.

The big house boy working while the flat head bragger owin and blaming the FG

The best governor so far.... Makin judicious use of state wealth, I call him RESPONSIBLE!!!