hello guys..
a friend of mine on bbm sent me a pix about an ongoing AIT online presidential Polk going on. I'm not very sure if this is true but if it is, do you guys think GEJ still has a chance against GMB?
Pix below

Photo Credit:Sahara Reporter
An online poll set up by African Independent
Television (AIT), a television station which
belongs to one of President Goodluck
Jonathan’s closest friends, has further
underlined his unpopularity as the opposition
candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, is currently
defeating him by at least 75 per cent.
To add insult to injury, AIT has since last Saturday
been running a documentary aimed at hurting the
public perception of Buhari. The hour-long
documentary, “The Real Buhari”, reportedly costs
the Jonathan campaign N5 million each time it is
aired.
The campaign also made a copy of the
documentary available online but rather than do
damage to Buhari’s support, it seems to have
further emboldened his supporters to troop online
to vote massively for him.
In similar online polls conducted by
Saharareporters, Buhari also defeated Jonathan by
a wide margin.
In reaction to the first of those unfavorable polls,
Reno Omokri, who serves as Mr. Jonathan’s social
media aide, rushed out to set up another poll on
Facebook he called “BuildNigeria”.
But when it became clear that Buhari was
defeating Jonathan in his own poll, Reno
manipulated the poll and hurriedly closed it after
managing to put Jonathan ahead by a mere 1%

This is the reality on ground for anyone that cares to tell GEJ the truth as at today.

This just shows that APC has more fans in the media compared to PDP,people are tired of the GEJ led government,he should have contested,what Nigeria Needs is change not continuation..The Poverty is soaring rapidly,chaos,conspiracy and deception @ all levels of government et al.. Am so ashamed that his bragging of opening 12 Federal universities and 150 Almajari schools..The federal universities in place lack serious infrastructure, finance and maintenance,yet your opening 12 more just to score cheap political points instead of making the economy suitable and viable, so the private investors will build all this institutions and create the needed manpower...He built almajari schools, which was quite a foolish idea(i dont know who advised him).. I did my tertiary education in the Northern part of Nigeria,and from my observation there, Poverty walks on its 4 toeas like a Billy goat out ther,you can see, feel and touch poverty because its everywhere..Instead of him to revive the economy of the North by working in collaboration with serious minded intellects his busy building schools where the kids seldom attend..why would someone attent school when his hungry i ask you?..This and many more are the various miscalculations and misconception that has taken place in this regime..He must be held accountable for his failure,,the AIT poll is just a tip of the ice berg,watch out for february 14th,you will be amazed as to the outcome of the polls...And gathering inspiration from my self acclaimed first lady Mama Peace ' I will Rather Not Vote, than Vote GEJ'

#IhavedecidedtovoteBuhari#

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Guy it's as real as night and day. It was even worse when I checked this evening with 2000+ and 8000+. I just went there now to get you the latest pix but they said the site is under maintenance. I hope when it eventually comes back the poll won't disappear, cos AIT are his supporters/campaigners and their GMD is an official of the Goodluck/Sambo campaign team.

GMB is the next president!

#talkpartymanifesto

Ikengawo:
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LOL!
Posing with 100 sacks sacks of rice. Is that all the achievement?

GMB until Jona gives a damn

GMB!

emeka2847:


LOL!
Posing with sacks of imported rice.

[size=15pt]The Continuous Rise in Rice Production in Nigeria[/size]

Seized bags of rice

Olukayode Oyeleye

Nigeria is beginning to break the jinx of decades of dependence on imported food. Compatriots should therefore arise and resist those who want to give false impression that no change is happening.

It is time to shake off the disappointment of many years of unfulfilled promises from past governments and embrace the prospects of one which has made significant impacts within two years, changing the outlook of food production in such a short time.

In the past one week, I have been confronted with barrage of questions from the media on rice importation, insinuations that rice transformation agenda may have been dropped and unfounded anxieties over a possibility that Nigeria may experience supply shortage in rice.

I saw reasons to believe that those business people involved in rice importation were at work, and might be up to a spin, trying to use falsehood and scaremongering to rally Nigerians behind them. Their timing was clearly wrong and it appears they are insensitive to the silent revolution going on in the fields of rice cultivation.

Under the on-going agricultural transformation agenda (ATA), the tremendous achievement in rice production goes beyond what can be wished away as millions of additional metric tons of food are added to local supplies and rice plays big in this increase.

The blessing in disguise was the flood disaster of 2012 that expedited federal government’s intervention in local production of food when the panicky, populist and ephemeral macho style of responding to emergencies was avoided.

The political will of President Goodluck Jonathan and his support for the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, led the way for the successful dry season rice production that is fast becoming a norm in Nigeria’s agricultural calendar and rapidly improving the nation’s food balance sheet.

The year 2012 marked a watershed and proved Nigeria’s capability to produce two crops of rice per year as demonstrated in ten northern states of Niger, Kebbi, Kogi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Jigawa, Katsina, Bauchi, Kano and Gombe.

For the 2012 wet season and 2012/2013 dry season, a total of 20,161MT of improved seeds, 40,322 MT of NPK fertiliser and 20,161 MT of urea fertiliser given to 403, 222 farmers became increased six times in 2013 wet season and 2013/2014 dry season to 2,598,113 as inputs redeemed doubled to 40,105MT of improved seeds, 160,422 MT of NPK, and 129,906MT of urea, with added benefits of 358,993 rural jobs in the 2012 wet season and 2012/2013 dry season.

The ripples spread across input suppliers, farm labourers, transporters, warehouse operators and others.

The rice policy is good, is for our national interest and is capable of transforming Nigeria into a global player as an exporting nation. In addition to the economic impact, the food security impact on the rural communities is noteworthy. With the benefit of hindsight now, the decision to embark on such an ambitious programme has proved worthwhile as this has restored hope and brightened business prospects.

About N30 billion spent by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on the Growth Enhancement Support so far has helped Nigerian rice farmers to increase their output by over 2.8 million MT of rice paddy, bringing us nearer to self-sufficiency. Interventions under the agricultural transformation agenda in the 2012 wet season and 2012/2013 dry season led to an additional 1.409 million metric tons (MT) of paddy or 916,137 MT of milled rice from 403,222 hectares of cultivated land.

The 2013 wet season and 2013/2014 dry season output, originally estimated at 2.96 million MT of paddy and expected to produce 1.92 MT of milled rice from 802,108 hectares of land, is proving to be an underestimation as reports from the field as of Monday this week showed that many farmers, in addition to the free seeds they received from the federal government, planted additional fields this year with the seeds they saved last year.

From the fields in Jigawa, Kebbi and Zamfara, there are feelers of bumper harvest.

Producing rice worth N149.512 billion gross value of paddy and net value of N79.691 billion during original attempt was no mean feat as 751,248 rural jobs, were created by local rice production, while gross value double to N313,784,882,555 and net value doubled to N175,020,285,055 the following year.

These had strong economic impact on the lives of farmers, unemployed youths and agro-dealers, in forms of increased household income, employment, and improved livelihoods arising from an inflow of N254 billion from the 2012 and 2013 wet and dry rice season farming.

The Nigerian local rice industry depended entirely on small scale mills until 2008 when the first large integrated mill commenced operation. Since 2010, the growth in the number millers has increased, both for small millers and active large integrated mill operators.

The small millers have also improved to products that could match the quality of imported rice, overcoming deficiencies in critical quality attributes, including a lack of uniformity, flavour, odour, high content of broken grains and presence of stones and other extraneous materials.

A seven-fold increase in milling capacity of paddy rice in the country within two years has been matched with encouraging responses from large scale millers.

There are now a total of thirteen new integrated rice mills with parboiling facility and total combined paddy milling capacity of 534,000MT, all coming up under the interventions in the rice value chains, buoyed by the realisation of the increase in paddy production. The rice Staple Crop Processing Zone (SCPZ) also serves as a platform intended for the production of rice.

Wacott rice processing mill is situated in Kebbi/Sokoto Staple Crop Processing Zone (SCPZ). UMZA in Kano and Ebony mill in Ebonyi have expressed interest in acquiring some of the 10 new mills being facilitated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for distribution to rice mills.

At Rukubi village in Doma local government, Nassarawa State, Olam has installed a 60,000MT rice mill to process harvests from about 3,500 hectares of rice farm. Eko Rice, only recently purchased 56 trailer loads of paddy from Kebbi, for local processing in Lagos. Other mills, including the Dominion rice mill in Taraba State, are expected to boost the local supplies of processed rice.

The very rapid growth in the largest small mill cluster at Abakaliki (Ebonyi State) is particularly striking, with the number of operators growing from 250 members in 2011 to 360 members in 2012, and to 450 in March 2014.

In Ekiti State, the small millers are starting operations with improved small scale equipment, growing at an estimated rate of about 10 to 15 new small mills per annum and mostly targeting the niche market of Ofada and Igbemo local rice.

The rapid growth and competitive edge of these small mills are inextricably linked to the increase in the amount of rice paddy being produced under the agricultural transformation agenda. Nigerian rice farmers are no longer in doubt that rice farming is a profitable business.

In Nigeria, rice has found a place in food security and has become a major staple. Nigeria consumes about 5 million metric tons of rice annually. The local production, however, has not kept pace over the years.

The difference between what was consumed and what was produced was provided for through importation of about 2.1 million MT at such huge annual import expense of about N356 billion – which is clearly inappropriate and devastating to our economy. Under the Agricultural Transformation of the Goodluck administration, that is rapidly changing.

Nigerians need to be aware that food security is a strategic national priority and therefore cooperate in every way to ensure the nation is freed from the shackles of import dependency.

With the crisis in Thailand, the number one exporter of rice in the world, it is just appropriate to avert jeopardy in rice supply to the Nigerian consumers by taking proactive steps in producing locally, consuming locally-produced rice and creating jobs and wealth for all stakeholders along the value chain.

There is room for the Nigerian rice sub-sector to improve if only the people will exhibit some patriotism by consuming locally-produced rice and showing some patience for government policy to mature.

The Nigerian public has a role to play in complementing government’s policy of boosting local production of rice. For these efforts to have sustainable impact, Nigerians need to adjust their taste to locally produced rice, a disposition which will greatly encourage increase in production and conserve our foreign exchange.

-Oyeleye is a Special Adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/the-continuous-rise-in-rice-production-in-nigeria/181713/

Ikengawo:




[size=15pt]The Continuous Rise in Rice Production in Nigeria[/size]



http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/the-continuous-rise-in-rice-production-in-nigeria/181713/

Fable! Where the rice dey? For Aso Rock?

See the true pix

GMB!

feBuhari14

He whom the gods have chosen

Lol

Ikengawo:




[size=15pt]The Continuous Rise in Rice Production in Nigeria[/size]



http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/the-continuous-rise-in-rice-production-in-nigeria/181713/

We hear you. No im we still no see food chop abi?