Lagos State Government is set to sell about 100,000 50kg bags of rice for N20,000 each.
The sales, according to the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, will take place during the Christmas edition of the Eko City Farmers’ Fair and Appreciation Day, scheduled for December 20, at the Ndubusi Kanu Park at Alausa, Ikeja.
Residents are expected to also get other produce at farm gate prices.
Olusanya noted that the reduced price was made possible through the intervention of the state government, supported by the federal and Kebbi state governments.
READ ALSO: Peter Okoye’s Wife Lola Omotayo Loses Dad
She said the farmers’ fair would also be a platform for the best of the city’s producers to meet with consumers and end users, using traditional and innovative development methods.
“On Sunday, 20th December, 2020, the State will be hosting the Christmas edition of the Eko City Farmers’ Fair where Lagosians can shop for their fresh farm produce at affordable prices.
“The event which will hold at the Ndubusi Kanu Park, Alausa, Ikeja will also include a short ceremony to appreciate our farmers who have done everything in their power to ensure that we did not negatively feel the impacts of the corona virus on our food supplies.
“It will also be a platform for the best of the city’s producers to meet with consumers and end users using the traditional and innovative development methods to showcase a well organised high quality market to meet the consumers’ increasing demand for farm produce,” the commissioner stated.
