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FG Approves N60bn for Rice Subsidy

Ayomide Oyewole 17/11/2018

The sum of N60bn has been approved by the Federal Government as a subsidy for rice production in the country, the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said on Friday. He spoke with State House correspondents after the National Food Security Council ended its meeting at the Presidential Villa. President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the […]Read More

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Nigeria Records Reduced Rice Import.

Ayomide Oyewole 07/11/2018

The volume of rice importation into Nigeria (in metric tonnes) has declined drastically in 2018, figures obtained from various official sources have shown. Indeed, figures obtained from India and Thailand, which are dominant rice exporters to Nigeria indicate that as at September, the latter had so far exported about 5,161 metric tonnes of rice to […]Read More