Rice self-sufficiency: Ghana joins Nigeria, asks Ghanaians to buy Ghanaian rice
All of us have to get involved in this drive towards self-sufficiency, we should all eat Ghanaian rice, President Nana Akufo-Addo has told Ghanaians.
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He also told the reporters that Rebecca, his wife, and First Lady, insisted that the family eat local rice at home, and has made sure of it.
Akufo-Addo
He said that Ghanaia must eat what they grow to motivate farmers, and support the development of the local food industry.
‘It is the beginning for all of us, each one of us in our homes we should make a conscious effort to tell our wives and cousins or whoever is responsible for food to buy Ghana rice,” he said.
‘That is what is happening in this place, it’s happening in my house in Nima and it’s happening here. And I’m giving direction that by the 1st of January 2020, all the state institutions are going to buy Ghanaian produce and Ghanaian rice, we have to do these things. That’s the only way we can begin to actively support our farmers.”
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He said “the success of the government’s efforts at ensuring self-sufficiency in rice production depends largely on the level of consumption of local rice.”
“We must eat what we grow to motivate our farmers, and support the development of the local food industry. Indeed, Rebecca, my beautiful wife, our First Lady, insists that we eat local rice at home, and has made sure of it. I call on all Ghanaians to follow my example, and eat local rice,” he had said.
The consumption of locally produced rice increased in Nigeria following the closure of land borders.
President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered closure of the borders to reduce smuggling.
