Lagos-Niger Partnership To Boost Rice Production.

Lagos State Government says its partnership with Niger State is to boost rice production.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture, Dr. Oluwarotimi Fashola, who disclosed this said, the government, through its Rice Mill Initiative, was partnering with different states in Nigeria to sustain the availability of paddy production and enhance productivity.

Fashola spoke while the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, was giving the report of the ministry in Ikeja to commemorate the first year of the second term in office of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who took the oath of office for his second term as governor on May 29, 2023, promising in his inaugural speech not to let down Lagosians.

The government also said it would launch 50 meat vans at Oko-Oba Abbatoir and also launch the Lagos Last Mile Meat Shops, adding that, the unveiling of Lagos Last Mile Meat shops and utilization of new vans would ensure the availability of meat for residents, create market access and curb the illegality in the transportation of meat across the state.

The commissioner said, the state in the last year had launched various social intervention programmes such as Trader Money for market men and women, and embarked on agric business support initiatives while building farms across the state.