The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria RIFAN says the country will commence exportation of rice in the near future to engender the twin benefits of food security and economic diversification.
Secretary of the Kano State chapter of RIFAN, Ado Hassan, made this known in an interview on the sidelines of the unveiling of the mega rice pyramids in Abuja.
The pyramids, to be unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari, is a joint project between the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN under its Anchor Borrowers Programme, and RIFAN.
Hassan dispelled insinuations that the rice pyramids on display were not solely rice, adding that the commodity was brought in by rice farmers in virtually all states of the country.
Hassan said that Nigeria had become the highest rice growing country in Africa due the support of the Federal Government and the intervention of the CBN.
He assured that the massive investment in rice cultivation by Nigeria will bring down its price and make it available to the ordinary Nigerians.
