Osinbajo Commissions Africa’s Largest Parboiled Rice Mill in Kebbi,

The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday commissioned the multi-billion Naira Wacot Rice Mill in Argungu, Kebbi State, the largest of its kind in Africa.

The Acting President used the occasion to re-echo the resolve of the Federal Government to leverage on agriculture to grow the economy and create jobs.

Prof. Osinbajo said the establishment of the mill by the private sector has highlighted the policy of the government to use the private sector as the engine-room of development.

“It underscored the policy of the Federal Government that it is the private sector that must be the engine of development. But the private sector being the engine of development is not just the private sector leading growth. The growth must be growth with jobs. It cannot not be jobless growth.

“We have seen a lot of jobless growth, especially…