In a bid to alleviate the current harsh economic situation, Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola has urged Nigerians to start eating plantain in the stead of rice, which is expensive.

He said Nigerians need to patronize local produce, especially those agricultural ones, to boost the country’s export profile and make the naira strengthen against the dollar.

“Plantain is even healthier and more nutritious than rice. It is edible in different versions. Why must we keep on pursuing rice? Why can’t we develop plantain and promote it internationally?” Aregbesola asked.

He added: “The Chinese have realised that the energy required to produce a kilogram of rice is more than the energy that goes into the production of a kilogram of other carbohydrates.

“So, why must we insist on rice as if there are no options?”


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/12/eat-plantain-instead-aregbesola-tells.html

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You can't cultivate, you don't have oil
Yet this useless man will dictate to people what to eat...
After leaving the state with so much debt all I can say he is the worst thing to happen to any state.

When last did this useless ogbeni eat plantain?

Oga Guffanor so is plantain you've been eating that makes you look like crayfish, O.Y.O.

Like seriously? Plantain is healthy, but how will u compare that with rice. Do you know how much plantain you need to buy to feed a family of 5? Compare it with rice and do the maths. All this APC governors sef...

E better make this mad man kukuma tells us to eat cassava

we never enter DEPRESSION oooo

And where you see plantain buy?

Lmao. .Ee don reach this level?

Good one ogbeni. Infact have been eating plantain since. Ogbeni really has a point here.

The change is just happening to the good things Nigerians cherish.

The real change would come in 2019 Aregbesola. Don't worry, this charade would stop shortly.

VampireeM:



Who did this to you?? Its a pity. SMH

u are still pained baaa. You will wail and rant till you receive deliverance of change.