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Bag Of Rice May Sell For N40,000 By December – Minister by Horstin50(m): 5:27pm On Sep 11, 2016 |
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural
Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has
said that Nigeria spends about $22bn a year on
importation of food.
Lokpobiri made this known on Saturday at a town
hall meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
He said the development had led to the
astronomical rise in price of rice and other
commodities, stressing that if Nigerians failed to
produce some of the items being imported,
before December the price of rice would skyrocket
to N40,000 a bag He said there was a projection that by 2050,
Nigeria’s population would be 450 million,
wondering what would happen then if the people
could not feed themselves now.
Lokpobiri said, “For your information, we spend
about $22bn a year importing food into Nigeria.
We know how many more dollars … and that is
why you see the price of rice going up.
“Price of rice was N12,000 some months ago, but
it is now about N26,000 and if we don’t start
producing, by December it could be N40,000.
“Rice matures in three months. So, this is a wake
up call for Bayelsa people to take the four farms
we have seriously. The federal government has
four farms in the state in our records. The average
land you see in Bayelsa can grow rice, so the
colonial masters were not wrong in their
assessment when they said Niger Delta could feed
not only Nigeria but the entire West Africa sub-
region.
“Unfortunately, agriculture till today, is not a
priority of the Niger Delta as far as the state
governments are concerned because of oil.”
He said the states in the Niger Delta had yet to
give priority to agriculture the way the North-West
states such as Kebbi, Jigawa, Kano as well as other
states like Lagos, Ebonyi, Anambra, have
prioritised it.
He said Anambra State for instance, was not
owing salaries despite the fact that it does not
have oil but raking in money by exporting
vegetables. |
Re: Bag Of Rice May Sell For N40,000 By December – Minister by MDsambo: 5:28pm On Sep 11, 2016 |
Only in the South, i guess. |
Re: Bag Of Rice May Sell For N40,000 By December – Minister by LivinaPatrick(f): 5:36pm On Sep 11, 2016 |
Ok o |
Re: Bag Of Rice May Sell For N40,000 By December – Minister by Mekzyzeus(m): 5:48pm On Sep 11, 2016 |
Okay. I still at loss why Rice importation will be banned when we are yet to boost local rice production to even feed a village.. You sure say Nigeria ain't the biblical "city of Bebel"?? |
Re: Bag Of Rice May Sell For N40,000 By December – Minister by andyboi4real(m): 5:59pm On Sep 11, 2016 |
Funny Government Always seeing The Problem In Advance But Neva Ever Comes Up With A Solution.Wonder How We Ended Up With This Fraud Of A Government |
Re: Bag Of Rice May Sell For N40,000 By December – Minister by Horstin50(m): 6:05pm On Sep 11, 2016 |
I pity this country |
Re: Bag Of Rice May Sell For N40,000 By December – Minister by Horstin50(m): 6:07pm On Sep 11, 2016 |
If I knew this is how this country will turn out to I would have extended my 9months in the womb |
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