Kwara State Government To Collaborate, Support Rice Association
In its drive to attain food security, the Kwara State Government has said it is willing to support the state chapter of the Rice Farmers' Association of Nigeria (RIFAN).
This was made known in a statement signed by the state's Press Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources, Mallam Adamu Saidu.
According to the statement, the State Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Usman Yunusa Lade, expressed the state government's readiness for collaboration with RIFAN at a meeting in his office during the association's courtesy visit in Ilorin, recently.
According to him, the collaboration with members of the association and the state government has become necessary to attain food security, stressing that the collaboration would not only improve and increase food production especially rice, but also bring about employment opportunities, reduce importation, and increase revenue generation for the state.
Earlier, the Board of Trustee Chairman, Dr. Engr. Olaitan Balogun said that the visit was to seek the state government's support to help their members grow rice in the state.
He added: “Ministries of Water Resources and Agriculture are critical for the growth of farm produce especially rice as water is essential for its growth.”
Similarly, Elder James G. Kolo, according to her statement stated that the purpose of the visit was to seek synergy with the state government to help empower their members to increase rice production in the state.
Elder Kolo therefore appealed to the state government to help empower their members financially to increase food production especially rice to reduce dependence on foreign importation to also help increase revenue generation.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Suleiman Alege Kuranga Funmi Salau Dorcas Afeniforo Haliru Yahaya Coronavirus Irepodun Hassan A. Saliu Abubakar Baba Sulaiman Osi Timothy Olatunde Fadipe Amule Elementary School Shola Odetundun Halidu Danbaba Atiku Barakat Community Secondary School Prince Bola Ajibola Garment Factory Abdullahi Samari JSSCE Sidikat Uthman Ajibola Tunde Saad Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao Medview Airlines Isiaka AbdulRazaq Issa Baba Babajide Ajayi Abraysports FC Raliat AbdulRazaq Balogun Gambari Modupe Oluwole Saliu Oluwole Olupako Of Share Raliat Islamic Foundation TESCOM Idiagbon KWASIEC Sulyman Atolagbe Alege Omotoso Musa Oyelere Oyinloye Olabode George Towoju Read With Me Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory Abubakar Olusola Saraki FOMWAN 11th Galadima Ope Saraki Igbomina Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman Quranic Recitation Competition Jalala Ilorin East Wahab Isa Abubakar B.M Adijat Adebiyi Lanre Aremu Clara Nwachukwu Kolawole Bashirat Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata Ilorin Muslim Community Sobi Ilorin Central Mosque Oladimeji Thompson Saad Belgore Kayode Laro Muslim Cementary Jimoh Olusola Imam Aishat Mohammed Lawal Doyin Awoyale Basit Olatunji Ojo Isekuse MINILS Bola Ahmed Tinubu Firdaos Amasa Mufti Of Ilorin Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq Kaosarah Adeyi Suleiman Idris

