Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, and Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari yesterday said the Federal Government would ban importation of rice into the country in the next two years.
Yari spoke shortly after a meeting on the new policy on agriculture and food sustainability held at the Presidential Villa.
Speaking with State House correspondents, Yari explained that discussion at the meeting focused on how to boost rice production and put in place, policy to ban its importation.
According to him, Nigeria has the human resources as well as arable land to grow rice and even be self sufficient.
Yari said: “In the next two years, we will not need to bring rice from outside Nigeria. We are going to ban it.
“It is only in Nigeria, a country of millions of people, that there is no food security.”
He stated necessary support would be given to the policy to ensure that the country becomes self-sufficient in food production in the next two years.
Yari disclosed that about nine states are going to be engaged in massive rice production in order to stop importation.
Yari spoke shortly after a meeting on the new policy on agriculture and food sustainability held at the Presidential Villa.
Speaking with State House correspondents, Yari explained that discussion at the meeting focused on how to boost rice production and put in place, policy to ban its importation.
According to him, Nigeria has the human resources as well as arable land to grow rice and even be self sufficient.
Yari said: “In the next two years, we will not need to bring rice from outside Nigeria. We are going to ban it.
“It is only in Nigeria, a country of millions of people, that there is no food security.”
He stated necessary support would be given to the policy to ensure that the country becomes self-sufficient in food production in the next two years.
Yari disclosed that about nine states are going to be engaged in massive rice production in order to stop importation.
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