Tambuwal, Dangote, Sultan flag off Rice Outgrowers Scheme in Goronyo LGA

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal along with the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Wednesday flagged off a rice outgrowers' scheme which will cover 25,000 hectres of farmland across some selected local government areas of Sokoto state.

Speaking at the site of the event which held in Goronyo Dam, Dangote said the project will within the next three years produce at least one million tonne of high quality parboiled rice for Nigerian market.

He said to achieve this, his company plans to cultivate 160,000 hectres of irrigable rice farmland in selected states, including Sokoto, which will be cultivated to grow paddy during two cropping-season per year.

"With this, we hope to achieve a minimum yield of five to six tonnes per hectre. Our plans is to off-take not less that 80 percent of the paddy produced by the outgrowers. We will also develop our own farm operations to include seed multiplication capabilities," he added.

According to him, Dangote Rice Limited aims to boost the local economy, create jobs along the value and make a significant contribution to the transformation of subsistence farms into market-oriented agribusinesses.

In his remarks, Tambuwal commended Dangote for siting the project in Sokoto State, saying the renewed efforts of his administration in the sector has started yielding the desired result.

The Governor said education and agriculture have remained the two top sectors in the priority list in the state in the last two years, revealing that this year, Sokoto has allocated more to agriculture than all states of the federation.

"We have had series of visits to different countries and signed various MoUs with many organisations and entities, Dangote inclusive, with a view to uplifting agriculture in the state.

"So the Dangote Rice Project in Sokoto State will not only provide food security and employment to our teeming unemployed youths, it would ensure the overall development of agricultural activities in the state," he added.

Tambuwal assured that all necessary incentives have been put in place to ensure smooth operation of the scheme.

In his remarks, Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, urged the people to embrace this opportunity to improve their farming technique and standards of living.

He said the people of Sokoto are grateful for the opportunity and will mobilise needed resources to ensure its success.

Man marries his 40-year-old mother as she is expecting his child

L woman and her son decided to get married
She is expecting his child
- They had to leave their village because the council
did not approve of this union
A village in Zambia has encountered a stunning
situation which made a mother and her son leave
their hometown for an unknown location. It turns
out they had decided to get married, and she is
expecting his child… her grandchild?
40-years old Mbereko, who widowed 12 years ago,
and 23-year-old Farai Mbereko claim they are in
love with each other, and when she got pregnant,
they decided take their relationship to the next
level.
Six months into her pregnancy, Mbereko decided it
was better to “marry” her son because she does not
want to marry her late husband’s other brothers,
who have been looking to get her as a wife.
The village court was completely stunned last week
after hearing about Mbereko’s affair with her son,
which began three years ago. She claims she spent
a lot of money sending Farai to school, and that
she now feels she has a right to his money, and not
another woman.
“Look, I struggled alone to send my son to school
and no one helped me. Now you see that my son is
working and you accuse me of doing something
wrong. Let me enjoy the products of my sweat,” she
told the village court council.
Farai was more than willing to marry his mother,
and even told his mother’s family he was going to
pay off part of the lobola his father still owed them
when he passed away. “I know my father died
before he finished paying the bride price and I am
prepared to pay it off,” he said.
The man adds that “it is better to publicize what is
happening because people should know that I am
the one who made my mother pregnant. Otherwise
they will accuse her of promiscuity.”
Local headman Nathan Muputirwa was not that
agreeable with this arrangement. “We cannot allow
this to happen in our village, mashura chaiwo aya,
(This is a bad omen indeed). In the past they would
have to be killed but today we cannot do it because
we are afraid of the police,” he said, warning the
couple to immediately break off their marriage or
leave his village, which they did.