Governor Rauf aregbesola appeals to nigerians: " lets return to when we eat our indigenous rice"

 

Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola, appealed to Nigerians while speaking at an event to mark the 2016 International Day for Eradication of Poverty in the state yesterday. to stop eating imported rice and go back to eating indigenous ones. He said ; “Rice was not a staple food in Nigeria before 1980. Ofada rice was the only rice eaten during festivities. We should return to the time when we were eating indigenous rice. We have cassava, plantain, beans and yam. We should return to the time when we were eating our indigenous foods".

The economy situation and exchange rate  makes it such that imported rice and even the one produced internally  are so expensive.Many can,t afford bag of rice. At the same time, many dont trust the rice that is claimed to be produced in nigeria due to quality factor and control.