Emefiele Promises To Create 250,000 Millionaire Farmers In Kebbi State

Mr Godwin Emefiele has promised to create 250,000 millionaire farmers in Kebbi State. He made this statement when he visited the WACOT Rice Factory in Argungu on Thursday 23rd March 2017

“I was told by a permanent secretary that 88,000 millionaires had been created through rice and agricultural revolution.

“I am assuring you that by the end of this year, 200,000 to 250,000 farmer millionaires will be created through the revolution,” he said.

He also assured farmers in the state that government would buy off whatever quantity of rice they were able to produce.

Emefiele commended the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Sama’ila Mere, for providing land for the company and for his desire to stimulate agricultural revolution in the country.

He, however, called on other royal fathers to emulate the monarch’s desire to drive agricultural revolution in the country.

Also speaking, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, expressed optimism that farmers in the state, would soon receive national recognition.

He, however, underscored the need for other states in the country to use the agricultural best practices of Kebbi as a benchmark, while embracing farming as a sustainable means of wealth creation.

Earlier, Mr Rahul Savara, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, said that the rice factory would generate 3,500 jobs and engage the services of 6,000 farmers.