2015-02-06 15:20
Abuja - The Special Adviser to the President on the New Partnership
for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and African Peer Review Mechanism,
Ambassador Fidelia Akuabata Njeze, says Nigeria loses N1billion daily to
rice importation, Vanguard reports.
Njeze
stated this at a one-day stakeholders forum on the establishment of the
Nigeria/ECOWAS rice sector policy and regulation advocacy platform held
in Abuja on Wednesday.
She
also added that due to the importation of rice, Nigeria has been
exporting jobs and financial resources meant for the transformation of
the domestic rice sector in the country.
Read more at Vanguard
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