The governor said this yesterday at the signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Lagos and Kebbi states on the development of Commodity Value Chains.
He said the future of Lagos State was partly tied to deliberate resolution on food security, adding that food production and self-sufficiency required its immediate attention at policy and strategic levels to sustain the state.
According to him, “Lagos has an estimated consumption of over 798,000 metric tonnes of milled rice per year which is equivalent to 15.96 million of 50kg bags, with a value of N135 billion per annum.
“We have the economic prowess to produce rice locally. The era of imported rice is gone.
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