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Yesterday at the Ministerial Platform, Minister of Information, Labaran Maku disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan now eats locally produced rice and bread made from cassava as part of efforts to encourage indigenous production and stop capital flight.
According to Mr Maku“The President is emphasising made in Nigeria products; if you go to the President’s house today, he eats rice produced in Ebonyi State – Abakaliki – Ofada Rice; the imported rice is not eaten in the Presidential Villa.
“Also there, he eats Cassava Bread that has just been introduced, which is saving Nigeria almost N300 billion in imports.
“From what is going on, if we emphasise and urge Nigerians to patronise the things that are researched and produced here, the country will develop.”
He said that the country would develop only when Nigerians begin to patronise goods researched and manufactured locally.
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