During a briefing of journalists after the weekly federal
executive council meeting, the Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina said
the rice mills will be located in 10 states of the federation.
The 10 rice mills each have a capacity to mill 36,000 metric
tones of paddy rice, with a total of 360,000 metric tones of paddy rice
expected to be processed across the country. The rice mills will be located in
Kebbi, Zamfara, Kaduna, Ogun, Bayelsa, Niger, Kogi, Anambra, Benue and Bauchi
states while the cassava mills will be located in Ondo, Ogun, Abia, Delta,
Cross River, Nassarawa states.
Adesina said the council deliberated extensively on the need for
more integrated rice mills across the country as it is currently working at the
total blackout of the importation of rice.
