Buhari: Kebbi Flooding Has Affected Our Plans To Crash Price Of Rice

President Muhammadu Buhari has bemoaned the impact of the recent flooding disaster witnessed in parts of Kebbi State.

Buhari said the flooding did not only cause great damage and loss to farmers in the state, but had also affected his administration’s efforts to boost rice production.

The president said rice farmers in Kebbi were expected to record “bumper harvest” this year.

He added that the state was strategic to his administration’s policy to increase local production of rice and crash the price of the product.

“I am particularly saddened by the Kebbi flooding disaster, which has led to the loss of lives and destruction of thousands of hectares of farmland. It is a major setback to our efforts to boost local rice production as part of measures to end importation.

“This bad news couldn’t have come at a worse time for our farmers and other Nigerians who looked forward to a bumper harvest this year in order to reduce the current astronomical rise in the costs of food items in the markets.

“Kebbi State is the focal point of our policy to produce rice locally as part of the administration’s commitment to agricultural revival.

“I sympathize with the bereaved families and the farmers affected. We will work closely with the State Government to bring relief to all victims,” Buhari wrote on his personal Facebook page.