As the Government turns attention to agriculture to ease the pressure on the economy and create jobs, President of Dangote Group at the weekend flagged off his multi billion Naira 8000 hectares of Rice Out-growers Scheme in Hadejia, Jigawa State as part of his partnership with governments at all levels to reduce food imports.
The launch of the Scheme, marked with the distribution of rice seedlings to the benefiting farmers, is with potential to provide direct jobs for 5000 farmers and another 5000 indirect jobs for various scheme dependents.
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