Sentences with phrase «reduced rice importation»

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.

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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.

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.