The Honorable Minister of Information & Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed; Hon Minister of Agriculture & Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono and Comptroller General(CG), Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd), represented by the Zonal Coordinator, Zone B, Kaduna Area Command, A.C.G Bashir Abubakar visited several rice mills in kano.

The rice mills include the Al-Hamsad Rice Mill in Kano, Umza International’s Rice Mill, and Tiamin Rice.

According to the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, the purpose of the visit to the Rice mills and Clusters of Cottage Rice Mills in Kano is to assess how the ongoing Border Drill is impacting positively on the local production of rice, Irukka news reports.

According to the Chairman of Umza Rice, Mohammed Abubakar, their abandoned factory had to be re-opened to meet up with the market demand for rice after the #BorderDrill commenced.