Niger Govt Moves To Increase Rice Production
By Oduyemi Odumade In a bid to revamp the rice milling industry and bolster the state's economy, Governor Mohammed Umar-Bago of Niger State has announced plans to overhaul the region's rice production sector. Despite Niger's reputation as the leading producer of paddy rice in Nigeria, Governor Bago expressed his dissatisfaction with the state of local rice mills, stating that "the rice mills in the state were nothing to write […]