The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says Nigeria lost N1.5 trillion to rice importation annually before 2015.

Malami said this at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kebbi South Zonal rally held in Yauri, Yauri Local Government Area of the state on Thursday.

The minister said: “Before President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in 2015, Nigeria was spending N1.5 trillion to import rice from Thailand and other countries annually, but the rice revolution introduced by the President put an end to that.

“Today, I am happy to inform you that Nigeria no longer imports rice, instead, we export over 800 tonnes of rice annually, off course, this is a great achievement.”

Malami said the people of Kebbi State have no reason not to vote for APC at all levels, while citing Federal Government appointments to Kebbi indigenes to include Executive Director, Sokoto River Basin, Managing Director, HYPPADEC, EFCC Chairman, and Managing Director, Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), among others.

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He listed projects executed by the APC administration in the state to include road construction from Sokoto to Kontagora, anchor borrower’s programme, social welfare scheme, youth empowerment, and survival funds, among others.

The minister appealed to the people of Kebbi State to vote for APC, urging them to have trust in all the candidates of the party at all levels to enjoy more dividends of democracy in their respective areas.

On his part, the governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, appreciated the former governor of the state, Alhaji Sa’idu Dakingari for accepting to be the Director-General of the state campaign council.

This was due to what he described as fairness during the APC primaries at both state and national levels.

He urged the people of Kebbi State to elect APC at all levels in view of various projects executed, listing them to include the Yauri-Gidan-Zurmi road, Koko-Dabai road as well as electricity project from Yauri to Zuru, among others.

The Star