Lagos State To Unveil The Largest Rice Mill In Africa By December (See Photos)

Lagos State Government has said that the multi-billion naira, 32 Metric-Ton-per hour Rice Mill at Imota will be completed on or before the end of this year.

Prince Gbolahan Lawal, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, recently disclosed this at the Y2020 Ministerial Press Briefing organised to commemorate the one year anniversary of the State Government. He explained that the Rice Mill has reached 80% completion level. 

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Lawal explained that when the Mill will be fully operational, it would ensure a steady supply of about 2.4 million freshly processed 50kg bags of rice per annum, and also create over 250,000 jobs in both the upstream and downstream sectors of the Rice Value Chain. 

The commisioner added that efforts have been put into backward integration along the Rice Value Chain to ensure an adequate supply of Paddy to the Mill for smooth operations.

The integration includes the identification of farmers’ groups, in affiliation with other States, to cultivate the required amount of paddy as well as the provision of irrigation facilities, seeds and fertilizers where applicable, to the farmers.

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