President Buhari in a press statement signed Friday by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina condoled with families who lost loved ones in the accident, urging more prayers for the rescued persons that are still undergoing medical examinations and treatment.
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Kehinde Joseph, the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly, House Committee on Agriculture, stated this at the opening ceremony of three-day training for rice farmers at Agricultural Training Institute, Araga, Epe on Wednesday.
The Forum, in a statement by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja described the attack as morally reprehensible.
The Deputy National President of RIFAN, Segun Atho, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos that many rice vendors were stocking the commodity ahead of the Yuletide.
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria has sued Kabiru Ibrahim and his dissolved National Working Committee over alleged refusal to hand over association’s assets and property.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says the Federal Government has set aside an intervention fund to support rice farmers, millers and marketers.
Ezekiel Ogbinko, Chairman, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, Bayelsa State chapter, disclosed this in Yenagoa on Friday while flagging off the second phase of the programme for the 2018 farming season
The Central Bank of Nigeria has recently approved N4 billion loan package for dry season rice farmers in the state to enable them boost their production.
In Zamfara, Chairman of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Ishaq Ajiya-Anka, said 5,403 rice farmers would receive the inputs within the week.
Aminu Goronyo, the National President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, made the call in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday
Ade Obayemi, Acting State Coordinator of FADAMA III AF, Lagos State made the disclosure on Wednesday, when the 6th World Bank/Federal Government team visited the rice project sites
She advised farmers in the state to make good use of the opportunity provided them by the Federal Government through the CBN to boost production