Kwara State has joined top states in rice production in Nigeria with its over 102,000 metric tons output during wet and dry season of this past year. This was contained in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s official document, celebrating the return of rice pyramid in Nigeria. Since the emergence of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq in Kwara State, the state has keyed into President administration’s rice revolution in an aggressive manner and this saw its rice production rise significantly within the dry and wet season, surpassing many states across the federation. The federal government of Nigeria, recently celebrated the success of it’s rice production efforts, with the return of rice pyramid in Nigeria’s federal capital, Abuja. This also led to an increase in national output to over 9 million metric tons, from the initial 5 million, which is more than 80% increase within the space of 5 years,” CBN said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 23, 2022 17:49 UTC