{"id":7372,"date":"2021-02-17T21:01:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2021-02-17T21:01:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:01:56","slug":"on-zulums-visit-nalda-names-borno-official-sacks-producer-for-national-rice-programme-borno-to-host-agro-programmes-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=7372","title":{"rendered":"On Zulum\u2019s visit, NALDA names Borno official sacks producer for national rice programme   &#8230; Borno to host agro programmes in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">On Zulum\u2019s visit, NALDA names Borno official sacks producer for national rice programme<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8230; Borno to host agro programmes in March<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The recently revived Borno Plastic Industry has been named official manufacturer of millions of sacks for the packaging of rice being cultivated under a national food programme being undertaken by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">NALDA&#8217;s Executive Secretary, Prince Paul Ikonne made that announcement on Wednesday when Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum visited the Authority\u2019s headquarters in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Borno state is our official producer of local sacks both for our rice program and other programs. We have placed an order of 2 million sacks, it will not stop at the initial 2 million, it is going to be a continuous process as we made a request. Your Excellency, we are committed to working with you\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ikonne said..<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7376\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_59218-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_59218-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_59218-631x420.jpg 631w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_59218.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Executive Secretary\u2019s comment is actualization of an order the NALDA placed, when he led top officials to an inspection tour of production facilities at Borno plastic industry, BOPLAS, in January this year.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7375\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_21800-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_21800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_21800-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_21800.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ikonne had announced after his inspection, that with what he saw, NALDA was buying two million pieces of 50kg sacks from BOPLAS.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Prince Ikonne explained that the NALDA\u2019s choice of Borno was as not because of the state\u2019s peculiar challenges but particularly due to Governor Zulum&#8217;s commitment to agricultural development.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Borno was chosen for the launch of\u00a0 a program on &#8220;Soil Doctors\/agricultural extension workers&#8221; that will hold on 1st of March 2021.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He added that Borno will also be a take off point for NALDA\u2019s &#8220;grow your food&#8221; programme in which Nigerians will be encouraged to grow what they will eat.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7378\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_2708-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_2708-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_2708-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_2708-601x420.jpg 601w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_2708.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Governor Zulum had during his Wednesday\u2019s visit, informed the NALDA boss of his administration&#8217;s commitment to food production. He also Said, Government will collaborate with NALDA to key into all federal government agricultural programmes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zulum also assured payment of all counterpart funds to NALDA.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Zulum\u2019s visit, NALDA names Borno official sacks producer for national rice programme &#8230; Borno to host agro programmes in March The recently revived Borno Plastic Industry has been named official manufacturer of millions of sacks for the packaging of rice being cultivated under a national food programme being undertaken by the National Agricultural Land [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>On Zulum\u2019s visit, NALDA names Borno official sacks producer for national rice programme  ... 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