50kg bag of rice now N8,000 in Ebonyi – CBN

Central Bank of Nigeria Tuesday in Yenagoa said that a 50 kg bag of Nigeria rice is selling in Ebonyi for N8,000. This was unveiled by the Acting Director, Corporate Communication, CBN, Mr Isaac Okoroafor, in Bayelsa State. 

At a workshop for the CBN Anchor program for farmers, he said: 

“We should eat Nigerian rice provided for by the CBN Anchor Programme;   50 Kg of local rice is now N8, 000 in Ebonyi. Already, the Abia Government has ordered rice from

Ebonyi for Christmas,”. He said that the Anchor Borrowers Programme   for the promotion of Agriculture has set the country to begin exportation of rice by 2017.

As indicated by him, farmers in Kebbi, Jigawa, Ebonyi, Sokoto and Cross River states, among others, have effectively entered into the program, bringing about enormous rice development. He said the nation would accomplish self-sustenance in rice production if the force was maintained, including that the nation ought to start exportation of privately delivered rice by 2017. Okorafor said Kebbi State had as of now gathered one million tons of rice, including that Ebonyi's harvest had overwhelmed the reserved production for the year. "The improvement is empowering and before the end of 2017, we won't just take care of our national demand which is somewhere around six and seven million tons yet have surplus to trade. "We should free ourselves of eating outside rice that has been put away for more than nine years in Thailand, Vietnam and India. 

Nigerian rice is crisp and more beneficial. He additionally said: "What we have finished with this program so far is to make employments through cultivating, particularly for the unemployed young people. 

"Nigerian young people must wake up, tidy themselves up and join this commendable battle. 

"Keep in mind that the status of our agriculturists is currently better because of the bolster they are getting as a consequence of government's strategy. Our cash is powerless in light of the fact that we occupied with unnecessary importation of a wide range of nourishment stuffs, including tooth picks; the administration is resolved to stop this." The Branch Controller, CBN, Yenagoa, Mr. Oke Nwajah, said the state was honored with rich wet soil that upheld rice development. He thusly, asked the farmers to take pride in cultivating, including that the Anchor Borrowers Program was an intercession to lessen their weight.