The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has revealed that his state government is making efforts to provide an environment that would encourage the mass production of rice, wheat and tomatoes.
Fielding questions from State House reporters after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Mr. Ganduje said, the state government is making concerted efforts to replace the famous groundnut pyramids with rice pyramids.
For this reason, his government would provide rice farmers with the incentives needed to increase the production of the product.
“Now, we are soon going to talk about rice pyramids, not groundnut pyramids because rice is the order of the day now.
“We have a lot of oil mills that consume the groundnut. So, you will not expect to see the groundnut pyramids as you used to see because the economic situation has changed.
“The industrialisation is much better than those days.
“So, you better stop dreaming of groundnut pyramids now. But when you are talking of rice, that is where we need the pyramids now.
“So, we assure you that in Kano we are providing an enabling environment for the production of rice, wheat, and tomatoes,” he said.
The governor said during the meeting, he brought the president up to date with the security situation in the state, particularly the issues relating to cattle rustling and kidnapping.
According to him, cattle rustling and kidnapping had been brought under control.
(NAN)
