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.
ER-KANG Mining AbdulRahman Saad Musa Alhassan Buge Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak Bashir Badawi Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng Yusuf A. Usman Yahaya Dumoye Okin Biscuit Ubandawaki Kaosarah Adeyi Titus Ashaolu KWSUED Mujtabah Bature Amuda Musbau Kupchi Hosea Maxwell Gurei Ibrahim Oloriegbe Shero Young Progressives Party Sheikh Alimi Oasis Muslim Care Foundation College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies Kawu Baraje Moses Salami Adijat Adebiyi Hamza Usman Waheed Ibrahim Maimunat Oniyangi Ibrahim Abikan Col. Ibrahim Taiwo Summit University Kazeem Oladepo Funmilayo Mohammed Afeyin-Olukuta National Party Of Nigeria Ahman Patigi Aliyu Kora Sabi Ilorin East Forgo Battery Apado A.E. Afolabi Solomon Edojah Isiaka Saka Opobiyi Pilgrims Board Temitope Ogunbanke Segun Olawoyin Busari Alabi Alausa Ali Ahmad Tinubu Tsaragi Siraj Oyewale Lawal Arinola Kudirat Saheed Popoola RTEAN Adamu B. Yaqubu Playing Host Prince Mahe Abdulkadir Isaac Aderemi Kolawole Kwara State Health Insurance Agency Bashiru Makama Oluranti Idowu Ekweremadu Kannike Bayo Onimago Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum Binta Sulyman Yusuf Olaolu Ali Jaiz Bank Ilesha Gwanara Road University Road Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla Gbemi Saraki Jimoh Bashir Doyin Agbamu National Democratic Congress MINILS

