Lagos to sell Lake (Lagos-Kebbi) rice N13,000 from next Thursday Dec 15 2016

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it was ready to roll out Lake Rice on Dec. 15 to Lagosians at N13,000 per 50 kg towards the Yuletide celebrations.

Mr Sanni Okanlawan, Special Adviser on Food Security to Gov. Akinwumi Ambode, made the disclosure in Lagos during the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) National Agriculture Stakeholders Summit.

Okanlawan said that sales of the rice would be made at all the 57 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state to ensure proper distribution.

“Lake Rice is the acronym of both Lagos and Kebbi States joint product which will be out to the public on Dec. 15 at the rate of N13,000 per 50kg bag as it is already subsidised by the government.

“To make it more available, the rice will be sold at the 57 LGAs and LCDAs for easy accessibility and to guard against unwanted persons diverting the product.

“The state government has put in place a committee that will ensure that Lagosians have the best Christmas celebration, that is why we are offering the wholesome and well packaged rice,’’ Okanlawan stated.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government’s efforts were in alignment with the Federal Government’s diversification drive from a mono-economy to agriculture. It will be recalled that Lagos and Kebbi states signed a historic MOU on rice production shortly after the Anchor borrowers scheme which creates resources for farmers was launched by President Muhammadu Buhari in Kebbi.


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/12/lagos-state-government-to-sell.html

this is serious

Cool. Now I can afford a bag of lake rice

Nigerians too like rice, does it mean that there is no varieties of food in nigeria and Africa

Rice Rice Rice everywhere

What of Palm Oil, Beans and the rest.

Rice

Nice developments

Bolustic:
This is logical

1. We saturate our local markets for our residents

2. They get it at affordable price

3. They experience a nice Xmas

4. Then we fill our silos and storage facilities for next three years

5. THEN WE THINK OF EXPORT

Unlike some people who would start with number 5 and declare fake billions.

You are right

Austin4lif:
Nigerians too like rice, does it mean that there is no varieties of food in nigeria and Africa

Rice is getting alot attention because of the capital flight and forex drain it constituted in the past.

ofonja people sef



wetin happen to ofada rice or is it propaganda as usual



lagos kebbi rice

The local rice I bought had stones in it, thank God I only bought one modu.

Bolustic:
This is logical

1. We saturate our local markets for our residents

2. They get it at affordable price

3. They experience a nice Xmas

4. Then we fill our silos and storage facilities for next three years

5. THEN WE THINK OF EXPORT

Unlike some people who would start with number 5 and declare fake billions.

for point 5, You can't controll who the farmers decide to sell the rice to. Example of Cassava and cocoa demonstrates this. I ton of cassava was reported to yeild N60k worth of garri before the recession when $1=N165, but after Naira lose value to around N300/$ minimum, same cassava that produced N60k worth of garri can now earn the farmer at least N120k via export.

See what Buhar has reduced Nigerians too! Rice was 9000/ bag for good foreign rice under the last administration. Now we celebrate 13k for local rice! Smh

A very welcome development,Lagos always setting the pace.Wish this type of partnership is replicated by more states.

This is great.
Just hope they put every mechanisms in place to curb middlemen. Coz if some people hijack this rice eh. Na after Easter we dey see the rice for market.

PresidentAtiku:
See what Buhar has reduced Nigerians too! Rice was 9000/ bag for good foreign rice under the last administration. Now we celebrate 13k for local rice! Smh

So that's what Atiku will do if he becomes the President

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Some money miss road rice dealers will hijack it.

Abeg make dem fast ooo

nwanne, calm down, obara gi dikwa hot, ur blood hot ooo

wiseguy:


Your Mumu is raised to power infinity. Aturu!

Godprotectigbo2:


ofonja people sef



wetin happen to ofada rice or is it propaganda as usual



lagos kebbi rice

OSU people sef..they are always sad and bitter over every good news from the West.
This is not propaganda. I don't blame you really because you are so used to fake UGWU export tales from the clowns you parade as leaders in your gully ravaged enclave

Lala this one rice don dey grace FP this days na so snake don tire you finally chop? Thank God for your deliverance.

Okay

Way to go Ambode! That rice go plenty o. Lagosians will most likely have the best Christmas compared to other states in the country. Lagos will continue to tesiwaju.

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