Yuletide: Ambode approves sale of Lake Rice

The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has approved the sale of LAKE Rice for the yuletide season.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Oluwatoyin Suarau, disclosed this in his office on Thursday.

Suarau assured residents that the present administration will continue to ensure adequate production and a fair distribution of the rice across the state.

He added that the product will be made available to the masses at the various accredited centers in the state during the festive period and beyond.

He said: “Residents can buy the product from the Lagos Television Complex, Agidingbi-Ikeja; Farm Service Centre, Odogunyan-Ikorodu; Farmers Mart, Surulere; Agric Input Supply Authority, Ojo; Agricultural Development Authority, Oko Oba, Agege; Farmers Mart, Ajah; and Farm Service Centre, Temu-Epe.”

The Commissioner noted that the need to ensure that Lake Rice circulates into the nooks and crannies of the state is key in the State Government’s drive to attain food sufficiency stressing that food production and self-sufficiency have been given priority attention at State’s policy and strategic levels.

Surau, while noting that the price of the rice has not changed, stressed that the State Government will continue to maintain the price of the product to make it affordable citizens.

He added that that monitoring mechanism has been put in place to ensure fair sales of the product in all centres on the basis of first-come, first-serve, stressing also that logistics have been put in place to ensure that residents get the products at the nearest designated centre without any hassle and in an atmosphere devoid rancour.