By Emeka Mamah ABAKALIKI— The Federal Government says it is in support of the ban on the sale of foreign rice in Ebonyi State. Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State had banned the sale of imported rice in the state, saying that this was to encourage local production of the commodity. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe, who spoke when he visited Ettem Amagu Rice Farm in Ikwo Local Government Area, said the Federal Government was in support of the ban on sale of foreign rice in the state. Ogbeh was on an assessment tour of the rice farm in a bid to ascertain the agricultural potentials of the state. The minister was accompanied by the Chair-man, Presidential Committee on Rice Production, Abubakar Bagudu and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele. He commended Umahi for his agricultural policy, which has ensured massive production of rice in the state. He said: “Governor, I hear you banned the sale of foreign rice in your state; God bless you for it “I also hear you invited young men to come back from Lagos and work here. God bless you also for it. They will be happier here in this state than living under the bridge or substandard accommo-dations in Lagos and Abuja.”
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A good development. We must develop local content to move out of our economic downturn.

what of people that don't like local rice, living in the state?

SIRmuel86:
what of people that do not like local rice living in the state?

They should go and d..! Just the Osho baba way.

SIRmuel86:
what of people that do not like local rice living in the state?

which English dictionary is that.

SIRmuel86:
what of people that do not like local rice living in the state?

Who are those people?

krasican:

Who are those people?

his forefathers

SIRmuel86:
what of people that do not like local rice living in the state?

those people should travel to the nearby state and eat foreign rice... Anytime hungry worry dem

krasican:


Who are those people?

the law is good sha but there are pple that can't take local rice.

Mustack:

his forefathers

u knw u shouldn't insult me coz I asked a question that certainly most other pple would. ur food might be another man's poison.

SIRmuel86:
what of people that don't like local rice, living in the state?

Ebony rice of Ebony Agro Allied Ltd makes good quality processed rice in the state

InyinyaAgbaOku:


Ebony rice of Ebony Agro Allied Ltd makes good quality processed rice in the state

better

Mustack:

his forefathers

SIRmuel86:
u knw u shouldn't insult me coz I asked a question that certainly most other pple would. ur food might be another man's poison.

ohh my apology. the question sound creepy. that's why. anyway we all see the needful why we should. anybody who doesn't like like should source for his or her own.