NDDC rice to flood market in June

A branded rice of the Niger Delta Development Commission in commercial quantity will be available in markets across the country by June this year, the Managing Director of the commission, Dr. Christian Oboh, has said.
Oboh said this when he played host to the Director General and officials of BRACED Commission, who paid him a courtesy call.

The BRACED Commission is made up of the six South/South states.
These are Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta States.
 According to the NDDC Managing Director: “We have a target to ensure that NDDC branded rice is in the market by June.
“We have a consultant who is working on the rice plant, to ensure that it is running.”
The NDDC Boss said the commission was committed to addressing the problem of food insecurity in the Niger Delta and has made provisions in the 2011 budget for the establishment of processing plants across the Region.
 “By the time we do this, we will be providing both cheap food and employment for our people,” the MD said.
 Earlier the leader of the delegation, Ambassador Joe Keshi, had told the Managing Director that they were at the NDDC to explore areas of collaboration with the commission.
 Keshi said: “You are such an important agency.
“We want to work with you. We want to cooperate with you.
“When you look at what we are supposed to do and what you are expected to do, what is clear to any fair minded person is that there is so much room for us to work together.”