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Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by divinehand2003(m): 12:25am On Nov 30, 2016
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa

Before the end of 2017, Nigeria will begin to export rice to other countries, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said.

The Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okoroafor, said this on Tuesday during a sensitisation/awareness programme for farmers in Bayelsa State under the apex bank’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme.

Okoroafor, who said the ABP had started yielding fruits, insisted that with the progress so far recorded by the CBN through its agricultural financing policies, the country would begin to export rice by next year.

He said already the rice harvest this year had exceeded projections, noting that if the tempo was sustained, by the end of 2017, Nigeria would not only meet its national demand, but would export the produce to other countries.

Okoroafor said, “We started a pilot programme in Kebbi State with 78,000 farmers, cultivating an average of one hectare, and that was when President Muhammadu Buhari launched the programme in March last year.

“The programme was to enable farmers to plant three times in year, two dry seasons cropping and one rainy season cropping. I am telling you now that Kebbi State has exceeded one million tonnes of rice.

“Not only Kebbi; Ebonyi State has keyed into it. We were there last week and Ebonyi is to give us over 1.2 million tonnes of rice in one year. They are harvesting now, they are bagging and they are milling. Nigerians are booking their Christmas rice in Abakaliki.”

He added, “Abia State has ordered rice from Ebonyi State. Other states are keying in. In Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto and Cross River, rice is coming up. Nigerians are planting and producing rice. You need to taste Nigerian rice; it is fresh; not the nine-year old rice from Vietnam, Thailand and India. Let us feed ourselves. Our rice is healthier; it is not preserved with chemicals.

“We have been to Anambra, Niger, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Cross River and Ebonyi states just to ensure that this is not another talk show. We have seen the harvest of rice, which brought me to say that the harvest for this year has so far outstripped our projections.

“By the end of 2017, Nigeria will not only meet our national demand, which is between six and seven tonnes per year, but we will exceed it and we will have rice to export to other countries.”

Okoroafor urged the people of Bayelsa to look beyond oil, saying that the state was capable of feeding the country.

He said the CBN’s team came to the state to educate the people and ensure their full participation in its programmes.
http://punchng.com/nigeriall-begin-rice-export-next-year-says-cbn/

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Nobody: 12:27am On Nov 30, 2016
shm...everything is just wrong in this country rather than flood the market with farm produce to force down the already high food prices they rather talk of exporting what isn't enough for local consumption

until a bag of rice is sold for at least #5k we aren't exporting any poo


obviously the govt don't give a fvck about her citizens well being

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by stjudas(m): 12:31am On Nov 30, 2016
Stewpid government!!!... We've not seen the rice and you're dreaming about exports.

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by updatechange(m): 12:35am On Nov 30, 2016
grin









stjudas:
Stewpid government!!!... We've not seen the rice and you're dreaming about exports.

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by PresidentAtiku(m): 12:44am On Nov 30, 2016
These comedians funny pass 'aki and pawpaw' grin... S.I.G ( scammers in Government)

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by timeminister: 12:46am On Nov 30, 2016
5℅ Emefiele, the worst CBN governor ever..

heavenly truth!

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by UyiIredi(m): 12:46am On Nov 30, 2016
PresidentAtiku:
These comedians funny pass 'aki and pawpaw' grin... S.I.G ( scammers in Government)

As in. One would think they would sell it here were people eat the damn thing but no na to export am.

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by 989900D: 12:54am On Nov 30, 2016
“By the end of 2017, Nigeria will not only meet our national demand, which is between six and seven tonnes per year, but we will exceed it and we will have rice to export to other countries.”

To the posters above me, reading won't kill you.

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by OgaTheTop2: 12:55am On Nov 30, 2016
Se, we no go chop rice well for naija before we begin export? Where is the rice in circulation first? This people don start again.

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Nobody: 1:13am On Nov 30, 2016
989900D:

To the posters above me, reading won't kill you.
if you believe the propaganda you must also believe APC promised $1 to 1 naira

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by 989900D: 1:16am On Nov 30, 2016
carmag:


if you believe the propaganda you must also believe APC promised $1 to 1 naira

It is not about the actuality of the projection by CBN, it is about the comprehension inability of commenters.

This not about your or my belief, it is about getting the drift . . .

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by krasican(m): 3:16am On Nov 30, 2016
“The programme was to enable farmers to plant three times in year, two dry seasons cropping and one rainy season cropping. I am telling you now that Kebbi State has exceeded one million tonnes of rice.

“Not only Kebbi; Ebonyi State has keyed into it. We were there last week and Ebonyi is to give us over 1.2 million tonnes of rice in one year. They are harvesting now, they are bagging and they are milling. Nigerians are booking their Christmas rice in Abakaliki.”

He added, “Abia State has ordered rice from Ebonyi State. Other states are keying in. In Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto and Cross River, rice is coming up. Nigerians are planting and producing rice. You need to taste Nigerian rice; it is fresh; not the nine-year old rice from Vietnam, Thailand and India. Let us feed ourselves. Our rice is healthier; it is not preserved with chemicals.

“We have been to Anambra, Niger, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Cross River and Ebonyi states just to ensure that this is not another talk show. We have seen the harvest of rice, which brought me to say that the harvest for this year has so far outstripped our projections

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Atiku2019: 3:34am On Nov 30, 2016
Media Propaganda meant for gullible Zombies



#Atiku2019

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Abeymills(m): 5:32am On Nov 30, 2016
The most useles govt ever keep increasing in lies poverty n cluelessness
Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Nobody: 5:39am On Nov 30, 2016
I bought two bags of rice some weeks back at the rate of 26,500 naira each and these people are planning to export? God! What is our offense? What did we really do to deserve this inhumanity from our so called Leaders since the days of amalgamation

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by princefunmmy(m): 5:40am On Nov 30, 2016
Which kind rubbish this our gov't dey do?
Any small Agricultural boost like this, Na to export (maybe to further refine it like crude oil )and when Dem export, Dem go still import am back... Rice na crude oil?

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by divinehand2003(m): 5:44am On Nov 30, 2016
I just had the most terrible dream in my life. In that dream, I almost voted Buhari for second term oooooo. Change part 2??
Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Otono123(m): 5:45am On Nov 30, 2016
Same old story
Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by borntosuccess(m): 6:58am On Nov 30, 2016
CBN has now turned agricultural sector
Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by otukpo(f): 7:02am On Nov 30, 2016
CBN should wait until the rice is enough for local consumption.
Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Olu317(m): 7:10am On Nov 30, 2016
krasican:
“The programme was to enable farmers to plant three times in year, two dry seasons cropping and one rainy season cropping. I am telling you now that Kebbi State has exceeded one million tonnes of rice.

“Not only Kebbi; Ebonyi State has keyed into it. We were there last week and Ebonyi is to give us over 1.2 million tonnes of rice in one year. They are harvesting now, they are bagging and they are milling. Nigerians are booking their Christmas rice in Abakaliki.”

He added, “Abia State has ordered rice from Ebonyi State. Other states are keying in. In Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto and Cross River, rice is coming up. Nigerians are planting and producing rice. You need to taste Nigerian rice; it is fresh; not the nine-year old rice from Vietnam, Thailand and India. Let us feed ourselves. Our rice is healthier; it is not preserved with chemicals.

“We have been to Anambra, Niger, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, Cross River and Ebonyi states just to ensure that this is not another talk show. We have seen the harvest of rice, which brought me to say that the harvest for this year has so far outstripped our projections
...wonders shall never end. Are you president Buhari's government's agent? or are you CPC's government's information minister's mouthpiece.?wonders shall never end in Babylonia territory called Nigeria...

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Nobody: 7:13am On Nov 30, 2016
Isaac Okororafor abeg tell your daddy say the rice too cost oh.
Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by moshmusth(m): 7:17am On Nov 30, 2016
WHAT A JOKE OF GOVERNMENT. GOVERNMENT THAT CANNOT FEED OVER 180M NIGERIA IS PLANNING TO EXPORT RICE .. Our foreign policy must be fine-tuned to fit the growing Domestic demands of her people.
Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by QuotaSystem: 7:23am On Nov 30, 2016
The comments on this thread so far, confirms the saying that the best place to hide anything from an African is in a book.

What is more amazing is that these 'future leaders' that clearly did not read or understand the article did not even have the sense to shut up and preserve their dignity, but preferred to wail ignorantly and proudly display their level of buffoonery.

Despite the fact being clearly stated in the report that rice exports will commence after the country satisfies its domestic demand (which will invariably crash the market price), the brain dead wailers still went to town with the "we are hungry yet you're exporting" line. What an indictment of our educational system.

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No wonder the simpletons still believe that Buhari caused the recession. Yet they call others zombies.

P.S. Any mentions will be ignored so hard you'll begin to doubt your own existence.

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by agabusta: 7:29am On Nov 30, 2016
Beautiful! I'm beginning to like Emefiele. If he succeeds in making Nigeria to be self sufficient in rice and petroleum products production before 2019, then he would have performed reasonably well.

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by kingwax7007: 7:32am On Nov 30, 2016
Oriburuku dey worry u...when we never start to buy for 5k per bag.
Bros CBN, u don dey vex me o. Mind urself oo

Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by agabusta: 7:34am On Nov 30, 2016
QuotaSystem:
The comments on this thread so far, confirms the saying that the best place to hide anything from an African is in a book.

What is more amazing is that these 'future leaders' that clearly did not read or understand the article did not even have the dignity to shut up and preserve their dignity, but preferred to wail ignorantly.

Despite the fact being clearly stated in the report that rice exports will commence after the country satisfies its domestic demand, the brain dead wailers still went to town with the "we are hungry yet you're exporting" line. What an indictment of our educational system.

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No wonder the simpletons still believe that Buhari caused the recession.

P.S. Any mentions will be ignored so hard you'll begin to doubt your own existence.


I was just sighing in embarrassment. What is even the problem of all these people? Are they ok at all? With all the energy and commitment Emefiele is putting into this rice issue, he deserves some commendation, but it's only condemnation that is being dished out.


We still have a long way to go in this country.

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by herzernIsHere: 7:37am On Nov 30, 2016

Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Nobody: 7:38am On Nov 30, 2016
abeg wen cbn begin farm undecided
Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by OZAOEKPE(f): 7:38am On Nov 30, 2016
QuotaSystem:
The comments on this thread so far, confirms the saying that the best place to hide anything from an African is in a book.

What is more amazing is that these 'future leaders' that clearly did not read or understand the article did not even have the dignity to shut up and preserve their dignity, but preferred to wail ignorantly and proudly display their level of buffoonery.

Despite the fact being clearly stated in the report that rice exports will commence after the country satisfies its domestic demand, the brain dead wailers still went to town with the "we are hungry yet you're exporting" line. What an indictment of our educational system.

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www.nairaland.com/attachments/4550676_img2238_jpegc5978617e512dc2abfb1678ba2ce7c17
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No wonder the simpletons still believe that Buhari caused the recession. Yet they call others zombies.

P.S. Any mentions will be ignored so hard you'll begin to doubt your own existence.

Close mouth
Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Rilwayne001: 7:38am On Nov 30, 2016
Once one idiot said the other day that we'll buy rice for as low as 7k by December, they are now shifting goal post.

What a mess? angry

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Re: Nigeria’ll Begin Rice Export Next Year, Says CBN by Nobody: 7:38am On Nov 30, 2016
grin grin grin grin

Until I hear from...



I will not believe it...fake news everywhere.

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