According to
the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam
Garba Shehu, Nigeria is now the second largest rice producer in the world.
He made this
proclamation at a special interactive session with the youths organized by
Citizens Support for Good Governance in Nigeria (SGGN) in Abuja during the
weekend.
“No country
will develop when you have to import virtually everything, including tooth pick
and tissue paper. All the food we eat in this country was being imported. So,
all of the money earned was just going to buy food.
“But as I
speak to you now, Nigeria just achieved the record of the second largest
producer of rice in the world. The rice revolution just started a year ago.
Some of you from Nasarawa know the kind of things going on there. A newspaper
did an investigation in Kebbi and they found out that there were 48,000 new
millionaires in Kebbi state alone last year for growing rice.
“This
over-reliance on oil has killed this country and we cannot continue like this.
So, the diversification of the economy means more money will be in the hands of
ordinary Nigerians. And there will be widespread prosperity all over the
country.”
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