FG to install 110 rice milling machines to boost its production

- The Nigerian Federal Government has acquired 110 rice milling machines
- This was done in efforts to boost rice production across the country
- Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President also revealed that 48,000 new millionaires had emerged in Kebbi State alone last year for growing rice
The Federal Government has acquired 110 rice milling machines to be installed in different parts of the country, between now and July, to boost rice production across the country.
Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, confirmed this development on his Facebook page on Monday, in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the presidential aide was quoted at the weekend as saying that Nigeria was the second largest producer of rice in the world.