Beware!! A Bag Of Rice Could Become N40,000 In December
The Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has sent out warning to Nigerians of the possibility of paying a huge sum of N40,000 for a bag of rice by December.
Speaking on Saturday at a town hall meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the minister said that Nigeria spends about $22bn a year on importation of food.
In his words:
“For your information, we spend about $22bn a year importing food into Nigeria. We know how many more dollars … and that is why you see the price of rice going up.
“Price of rice was N12,000 some months ago, but it is now about N26,000 and if we don’t start producing, by December it could be N40,000.
“Rice matures in three months. So, this is a wake up call for Bayelsa people to take the four farms we have seriously. The federal government has four farms in the state in our records. The average land you see in Bayelsa can grow rice, so the colonial masters were not wrong in their assessment when they said Niger Delta could feed not only Nigeria but the entire West Africa sub-region.
“Unfortunately, agriculture till today, is not a priority of the Niger Delta as far as the state governments are concerned because of oil.”
Ever soon oil will sotp bring in money…..let see if they will not far back to agriculture…if they can sha give a plot of land dere make I come help dem use am l will appreciate