If Nigeria fails to start producing rice,
by December 2016, the price of a bag
of rice could be N40,000, says the
Minister of State for Agriculture and
Rural Development, Senator Heineken
Lokpobiri.
Lokpobiri, who made this known at a
town hall meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa
State, Saturday, said that Nigeria
spends about $22bn a year on
importation of food into the country.
He said, “For your information, we
spend about $22bn a year importing
food into Nigeria. We know how many
more dollars they bought and that is
why you see the price of rice going
up.
“Price of rice was may be 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 Nigerian but also 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,
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 merely exporting
vegetables.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/bag-of-rice-may-sell-for-n40000-by-december-if-says-minister/

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Something is really happening in this country.

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What!!!
Make I go buy some more bags of rice to save for the rainy day Biko!

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