Nigeria rice importation drops by 95%.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says rice importation into Nigeria has dropped by 95% in the last two years. Ogbeh said this on Thursday in Abuja at the first Annual NACCIMA-NIRSAL Agribusiness and Policy Linkage Conference, which has Implementing the Agriculture Component of the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP)’ as its theme.