By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
THE government of Benin Republic, Tuesday, sent a delegation to seek President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention for Nigeria to help the country produce rice.
The aim was to stop smuggling and rice importation in the two countries.
The Benin Republic delegation met with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari at the presidential villa, Abuja.
The Benenois delegation, who was led by the country’s minister of agriculture, Gaston Cossi Dossouhoui, was led to the villa by Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State and the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed.
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