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Joe Igbokwe reacts to news that Nigeria has overtaken Egypt as the largest rice producer in Africa
A few hours ago, a popular Nigerian politician and former spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State chapter, Joe Igbokwe was on his social media page, where he reacted to the news that Nigeria is now the biggest producer of rice in Africa.
According to report, Nigeria has overtaken Egypt to become the largest producer of rice in Africa. Adding that Nigeria now produces 8 million tones out of the average 1.4 million of rice that is been produced annually. National Daily also gathered that Egypt used to produce 4.3 million tonnes of rice annually but in the last year, Egypt suffered a decline of almost 40 percent.
Reacting to the report, Joe Igbokwe shared the news via his Facebook page as he affirmed that Nigeria is steadily making progress.
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