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The Lagos State Government has said that Lake rice, which is a collaboration between the Lagos State and Kebbi State Governments, is still in existence and will soon be back in the market on a big scale. This follows the sudden disappearance of the Lake rice due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and last year’s devastating flooding, which wreaked havoc on rice plantations in Kebbi and other northern states. This disclosure was made by the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, during a ministerial briefing to commemorate the second year in office of G...

Imota rice mill will be ready before December ― Lagos govt Imota rice mill will be ready before December ― Lagos govt • gulps N20bn, to offer 250,000 jobs Share Lagos State government on Thursday disclosed that it has so far spent close to N20bn on the Imota Rice Mill, billed to be commissioned before the end of this year. The state government also said the mill projected to be the largest in Sub-Sahara Africa, when completed, would provide not less than 250,000 jobs across the value chain. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Miss Bisola Olusanya, made this known during a ministeri...

Lagos expends N20bn on Imota Rice Mill ― Commissioner On By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has expended the sum of N20 billion out of the N25 billion initial budget for the construction of the much-awaited 32 metric tonnes per hour Imota Rice Mill in the state. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Bisola Olusanya, disclosed this on Thursday, during a ministerial press briefing to mark the second anniversary of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration in office, held in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. The Rice Mill, which is billed to be commissioned before the end of 2021, is e...

The Lagos State government is exploring its potential to maximise food production, writes Lawson Agba Food insecurity is one of the global challenges threatening humanity. World leaders are constantly devising means of providing adequate food for the growing world’s population. Research efforts are in legion on how to maximize land and other agriculture resources for bounty yields to feed mankind. Genetic modification crops and green house farming are the popularized modern agricultural methods which aimed at controlling agric yields and outputs in a controlled environment and predicated fa...

New Delhi: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)  are indispensable, advocates and stakeholders across nations are continuing their sustained efforts to rework the communication strategies to accelerate the pace of achieving these global goals. Sneh Gupta (Senior Research Fellow) and Dr. Kulveen Trehan (Assistant Professor), University School of Mass Communication, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University have been named as winners of the UNICEF- International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Communication for Development Research Fund(C4D) Rese...