The Federal Government on Sunday announced that
Thailand had commenced moves to establish rice mills in Nigeria.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai
Mohammed, disclosed this during a tour of some rice farms in Kebbi State.
He said the Federation Government had won its
fight against rice importation, particularly from Thailand, as Nigeria had
reduced its importation of rice by over 90 per cent.
“As we speak today, Thailand rice growers are
making passionate appeal to the Federal Government. What they are doing now is
that they want to set up rice mills in Nigeria, which means we have won,”
Mohammed stated.
When asked again to explain why Thailand rice
producers were pushing to set up mills in Nigeria, Mohammed replied, “Yes,
Thailand wants to set up several rice mills in Nigeria because we have stopped
importing from them.”
The minister stated that Nigeria was able to cut
down on the importation of rice from Thailand from 644,000 metric tonnes two
years ago to a little over 20,000MT currently.
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