Sentences with phrase «in rice importation»
Expressing delight that the agricultural policy of his administration has led to 90 per cent reduction in rice importation, he commended Ebonyi, Lagos, Kebbi, Jigawa and Benue States for «doing extremely well.»
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Mohammed added that Buhari has moved the nation out of economic recession and reduced importation of rice due to successes recorded in agriculture.
He said, «We have cut the importation of rice by about 90 %, saving billions of dollars in the process.
Mr. Murray - Bruce who's the founder and co-owner of Silverbird Group in a video posted on his Facebook page on Monday titled: «Common Sense SeNigerian lawmaker and business magnate, Ben Murray - Bruce, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to follow the footsteps of Ghana in prioritizing education and banning the importation of rice.
Proffering solution to the problem, Mr. Murray - Bruce advised President Buhari to ban the importation of rice, and seize such brand of rice from market and share it to the poor, while investing the money ought to have been used in importation of rice in education sector.
Nigerian lawmaker and business magnate, Ben Murray - Bruce, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to follow the footsteps of Ghana in prioritizing education and banning the importation of rice.
Interacting with journalists at the B - Bovid agriculture facility in the Mpohor - Wassa East District of the Western Region, the head of the Israeli delegation said Ghana must take serious measures aimed at improving agricultural practices to reverse the annual import of rice of up to a billion US dollars, coupled with the high importation of poultry products from the Americas.
By so doing, we will be creating 20 million jobs in the villages and saving about five million dollars used for the importation of rice daily.
While noting the reconstruction of 114 inner roads across the 57 Local Government Councils in the State, Zakari also commended the Light Up Lagos project and the Agric initiative aimed at encouraging local production of rice, saying that the remarkable initiative had greatly reduced rice importation and enhanced foreign exchange of the country.
Government spent GHc 120 million in supporting the rice, cashew and agro-processing sectors, as well as the importation of tractors for farmers in 2015, President Mahama has revealed.
The Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, said in the last few years, a lot had been done on rice production which he said had reduced the amount of money hitherto spent on rice importation.
Managing Director of Ghana Growth Fund Company (GGFC,) the investing arm of GN, Kwame Ofori Asomaning, in a welcome address said that Dr. Nduom has a vision to halt rice importation, which takes $ 1.2 billion yearly to Thailand, Taiwan, America and Chinese farmers.
«I am very pleased with the successes in agriculture,» he said, adding: «We have cut rice importation by about 90 %, made lots of savings of foreign exchange, and generated employment.