Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state yesterday appealed to Nigerians
to stop eating imported rice and go back to eating indigenous ones such
as Ofada rice and others. Aregbesola made the call while speaking at an
event to mark the 2016 International Day for Eradication of Poverty in
the state yesterday.
“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"he
said
-LINDA IKEJI
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