Niger Rice Mill to reduce Unemployment - Gov

Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has said the unemployment rate in the state will reduce next year as no fewer than 10,000 workers will be engaged at the Niger State Rice Mill.

He spoke at the inauguration of the multi-million dollar Integrated Rice Processing and Milling Complex built by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Bida, the state capital.

He said the Rice Mill will also boost agriculture in the state with the production of 1.5 metric tonnes of rice daily.

“It is expected that the Rice Mill will generate over 10,000 direct and indirect jobs, when it comes fully on stream and this will engage our youths and women as from next year,”he said.

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 disclosed by the Acting Director, Corporate Communication, CBN, Mr Isaac Okoroafor, in Bayelsa State.

Speaking at a sensitization workshop for the CBN Anchor programme 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,”.

Tomato Paste Giant’s Troubles Embody Nigeria’s Economic Woes

Nigeria is sub-Saharan Africa’s largest grower of tomatoes, but it is also the biggest importer of tomato paste.

This month, Nigeria’s largest tomato paste manufacturer, Erisco Foods, announced that it would close its 1,500-worker strong factory in Lagos’s industrial area Oregun, and move production to China. It will then import its finished products

Address of Hon. Minister, Agriculture & Rural Development during the Validation of Nigeria’s Strategy for Zero Reject of Agricultural Produce/Non-Oil Exports

ADDRESS BY CHIEF AUDU OGBEH, OFR, HONOURABLE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON THE VALIDATION OF NIGERIA’S STRATEGY FOR A SINGLE QUALITY CONTROL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/ PLAN FOR ZERO REJECT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND PRODUCE/NON EXPORTS, TUESDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER, 2016, HMA’S CONFERENCE ROOM, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ABUJA.

Protocol

It is with a sense of profound delight that I welcome my colleagues – Ministers and other key stakeholders-to this meeting to validate Nigeria’s new articulated Strategy for ensuring a single quality control management system for zero reject of our agricultural commodities/ produce and non-oil exports.  The strategy is embodied in two documents for validation at this meeting namely Methodology of Conduit of Excellence (Quality & Safety Controlled Beans from Nigeria) and Standard Operating Procedure Manual for Zero Reject for Non-Oil Exports in Nigeria.

2. To most of us gathered here this morning, this journey started recently with the establishment of the inter-ministerial technical committee on zero reject of agricultural commodities/ produce and non-oil exports, co-chaired by my humble self and the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, with most of you on board. I commend you all-members of the inter-ministerial