OkaNaUbe:


Nigerians would rather eat Rice stored in silos for years from Thailand.

We like anything "foreign".


We like to attend foreign hospitals while we have " state-of-the-art" hospitals, if I lied, ask Akpabio, Buhari, Metuh and others.

We prefer to vacation abroad while we have uncountable sites that can rival such foreign places. If I lied, ask Chika Ike, our celebs and even few nairalanders that can afford it.

morule20:
Good one

ChidiAlaigbo:

Either way control your effing birth rate!

Joromi12:
Who dey eat local rice self

ironheart:
See wisdom, these guys will still repatriate our money back to India.

Shawnnn01:
Kano-based Amarava Rice Mill says it is targeting to record 500 tonnes of daily production by June, just as it hits 250 tonnes to boost local self-sufficiency. Mr Subhash Chand, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, made this known to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja

NAN recalls that the multimillion Naira state-of-the-art rice mill, owned by an Indian national, was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari in Kano in December 2019. The diplomat gave the assurance that the production capacity of the mill was being expanded to hit 500 tonnes by June.

He added that the investment was part of the overall efforts of the High Commission to help Nigeria attain self-sufficiency in rice production. Chand said that India was supportive of Nigeria’s efforts to fully localise rice production, disclosing that many Indian companies were already among the leading millers in Nigeria.

He disclosed that the mill was built with machineries fabricated in Nigeria with local contents by Indian and Nigerian technological experts. “India has been maintaining good relationship with Nigeria and will continue to do so. “Through Nigeria-India’s cordial relationship, Indian investors are already investing in Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production,’’ he said.

Chand noted that technical partnership was another area of mutual benefits to the two nations. NAN reports that in 2017, Nigeria’s rice consumption stood at 7.9 million tonnes while the production rate has increased to 5.8 tonnes per annum from previous 5.5 million tonnes due to Federal Government’s local rice production policy.

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) attributed the increase to the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme with a total of 12 million rice producers and four million hectares of FADAMA rice land cultivated.

NAN reports that Amarava Agro Processors Limited, a subsidiary of Fullmark Group was established at Amarawa Village, Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, with an initial 288 metric tonnes daily capacity. NAN recalls that Buhari said at the inauguration that Nigeria’s continued dependence on rice importation had put a strain on the economy as well as the nation’s food flow. Buhari added that a substantial amount of the nation’s foreign exchange went into rice importation yearly, noting the mill will help Nigeria to progress towards food self-sufficiency.

NAN reports that the bilateral trade between Nigeria and India between 2017 and 2018 was touching $12 billion (about N4.3 trillion), which can be expanded by both countries.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/nigeria-rice-mill-hits-250-tonnes-daily-production/

Iamgrey5:
It's a lie, it's not possible

We the PDP online miscreants believe APC has bribed the vanguard newspaper to print this story


We only believe it if the caption has read something like "Nigerian rice plantation is burning"

Or "bokoharam stops farmers from working"

Or at least, if the figures were extracted directly from a reputable source like the Official "Boko haram twitter page "



Please don't forget to calculate obituary

OkaNaUbe:


Nigerians would rather eat Rice stored in silos for years from Thailand.

We like anything "foreign".


We like to attend foreign hospitals while we have " state-of-the-art" hospitals, if I lied, ask Senator Akpabio, President Buhari, Olisa Metuh and others.

We prefer to vacation abroad while we have uncountable sites that can rival such foreign places. If I lied, ask Chika Ike, our celebs and even few nairalanders that can afford it.

OkaNaUbe:


Nigerians would rather eat Rice stored in silos for years from Thailand.

We like anything "foreign".


We like to attend foreign hospitals while we have " state-of-the-art" hospitals, if I lied, ask Senator Akpabio, President Buhari, Olisa Metuh and others.

We prefer to vacation abroad while we have uncountable sites that can rival such foreign places. If I lied, ask Chika Ike, our celebs and even few nairalanders that can afford it.

Oma307:

bless you bro, I was thinking also. how is this a Nigeria rice mill when the money will go back to India to develop their country. those guys are smarter than us

mormoney85:
the problem is why should local and foreign rice be almost same price if we dont eat d foreign d local will become thirty thousand a bag

Shawnnn01:
Kano-based Amarava Rice Mill says it is targeting to record 500 tonnes of daily production by June, just as it hits 250 tonnes to boost local self-sufficiency. Mr Subhash Chand, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Nigeria, made this known to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja

NAN recalls that the multimillion Naira state-of-the-art rice mill, owned by an Indian national, was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari in Kano in December 2019. The diplomat gave the assurance that the production capacity of the mill was being expanded to hit 500 tonnes by June.

He added that the investment was part of the overall efforts of the High Commission to help Nigeria attain self-sufficiency in rice production. Chand said that India was supportive of Nigeria’s efforts to fully localise rice production, disclosing that many Indian companies were already among the leading millers in Nigeria.

He disclosed that the mill was built with machineries fabricated in Nigeria with local contents by Indian and Nigerian technological experts. “India has been maintaining good relationship with Nigeria and will continue to do so. “Through Nigeria-India’s cordial relationship, Indian investors are already investing in Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production,’’ he said.

Chand noted that technical partnership was another area of mutual benefits to the two nations. NAN reports that in 2017, Nigeria’s rice consumption stood at 7.9 million tonnes while the production rate has increased to 5.8 tonnes per annum from previous 5.5 million tonnes due to Federal Government’s local rice production policy.

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) attributed the increase to the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme with a total of 12 million rice producers and four million hectares of FADAMA rice land cultivated.

NAN reports that Amarava Agro Processors Limited, a subsidiary of Fullmark Group was established at Amarawa Village, Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, with an initial 288 metric tonnes daily capacity. NAN recalls that Buhari said at the inauguration that Nigeria’s continued dependence on rice importation had put a strain on the economy as well as the nation’s food flow. Buhari added that a substantial amount of the nation’s foreign exchange went into rice importation yearly, noting the mill will help Nigeria to progress towards food self-sufficiency.

NAN reports that the bilateral trade between Nigeria and India between 2017 and 2018 was touching $12 billion (about N4.3 trillion), which can be expanded by both countries.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/nigeria-rice-mill-hits-250-tonnes-daily-production/

wink2015:


Nice one.

But I will not take the Kano state government seriously.

Kano state takes the biggest share of federal allocation by virtue of having more local government council more than Bayelsa state that has only 8 local government council and is contributing funds to federal treasury.

The way Kano state is oppressing crude oil producing niger delta region the same way Kano state is oppressing vat contributing state like Lagos state.

Lagos state is generating revenue from vat from alcoholic beverages through brewery companies.

These allocation is shared among states in Nigeria.

However, Kano state outlawed the selling and consumption of alcoholic drinks especially among its Muslims indigene or population.

A regulating structures called the Hisbah corp was set up to punish offenders.

But the biggest question that prickle our mindset is why Kano state must continue to receive alcoholic consumption tax money when they are at the same time the one that is fighting the brewery industry by using the Hisbah corp to raid beer supplying trucks and destroy bottles of beer.

Bacita3030:
When will 1bag of rice equal to #8000？
at least return the price b4 u leave office.

OkaNaUbe:


Nigerians would rather eat Rice stored in silos for years from Thailand.

We like anything "foreign".


We like to attend foreign hospitals while we have " state-of-the-art" hospitals, if I lied, ask Senator Akpabio, President Buhari, Olisa Metuh and others.

We prefer to vacation abroad while we have uncountable sites that can rival such foreign places. If I lied, ask Chika Ike, our celebs and even few nairalanders that can afford it.