Nigeria To Become Net Exporter Of Rice By Year 2020- Jonathan
Africa’s largest rice farm, Olam Integrated Farms, a US$90
million investment of a Singapore based foreign investor, was on Monday
commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The farm which is located in Nasarawa State occupy a land mass of 10,000 hectares in Ondorie-Rukubi area of Doma.
According to Daily Trust, the farm has an airstrip that allows the
takeoff and landing of small aircrafts used in the planting and spraying
of chemicals on the well irrigated commercial farm.
The president who was accompanied by Governor Umaru Tanko
Al-Makura, the minister of Agriculture, Professor Akinwumi Adesina, and
the management of the farm, led by Regi George, commissioned both the
farm which is marking three years, as well as the opening of its new
rice processing plant.
It was gathered that the plant has the capacity to process 210,000 metric tons of rice yearly.
Jonathan while expressing satisfaction with the project, promised
government full support, starting with the designation of the farm as a
staple food processing zone. He therefore ordered the Federal Ministry
of Agriculture and other subsidiaries to jointly ensure its immediate
takeoff.
President Jonathan while stressing his administration’s
transformation agenda noted that the investors keyed into it, and urged
other investors to follow the trend in order to develop agro-allied
businesses in Nigeria.
Jonathan further revealed that his administration is working
towards making sure that Nigeria becomes a net exporter of rice by the
year 2020.
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