4 Benin Republic Ministers Officially Meet Nigerian Rice Farmers

Four ministers from the Republic of Benin along with other officials are in Nigeria for talks with Nigerian rice farmers under the aegis of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) to fine-tune a memorandum of understanding.

The ministers were Alimatau Shadiya, Minister of Industry and Trade, Cossi Gaston Dossouhoui, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Samon Seidou Adambi, Minister of Mine and Water Resources and Romuald Wadagni, Minister of Finance and the Economy and head of the delegation.

Mr Wadagni stated that because of the new vision of cooperation between the two countries, President Patrice Talon decided to send four ministers to Nigeria to chart the way forward for a robust cooperation on rice production.

“We want to put in region a partnership among the rice producers of Nigeria, and the rice manufacturers within the Republic of Benin,” he stated.

Earlier, the countrywide president of RIFAN, Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, who led a delegation to the Benin Republic president in Cotonou, final week, stated the Abuja assembly could observe the technical regions for studying and the way ahead.

He said “the crew became in Nigeria to peer what we are doing proper underneath the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme launched by President Muhammadu Buhari which made Nigeria today to file massive achievement within the rice revolution.”

In a associated development, Benin Republic has approached President Muhammadu Buhari to are looking for Nigeria’s help for rice production.

The united states of america despatched in a delegation of officers who met with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, on the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday to tap from Nigeria’s enjoy in reviving rice manufacturing.

The delegation was led by the country’s Minister of Agriculture, Gaston Cossi Dossouhoui. They had been led to the Villa with the aid of Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu and the Nigerian Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed.

Bagudu later advised newshounds that the delegation and the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria met with Gambari to develop ongoing talks between both countries on a way to replicate Nigeria’s rice farming programme in Benin Republic.

“This is partnership in the framework of ECOWAS settlement and the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement and our brotherly dating between President Muhammadu Buhari and President Patrice Tallon who've the secure vision that we can be more collectively,” he said.