Gen. Buhari Unveils Mega Rice Pyramid As Nigerians Question N1 Trillion Spent on Project
Daily Rendezvous President Muhammadu Buhari has launched a mega rice project of about 15 pyramids porported to hold over a million bags of rice. Despite the widely celebrated success of the project, Nigerians have taken to the social media to criticize the project as fake saying most farmers in Nigeria did not receive the much needed support for rice farming as they werw busy grappling with killer bandits, Boko Haram insurgents and herdsmen attacks. Nigerians also questioned as spurious and incredulous, the amount of N1 trillion said to have been disbursed to farmers in Nigeria. The mega project which is regarded as the largest of its type in the world, is located at the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) along the Airport Road. The project was executed by the Central Bank of Nigeria in collaboration with the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN). The one million rice paddy stacked in 15 separate pyramids were planted and harvested from states across...