Malam Bukar Tijjani, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, has said that efforts would be made to achieve sufficiency in the production of rice and other food commodities.
Tijjani said while addressing staff of the ministry on assumption of duty, that he would work toward increasing the production and export of commodities such as rice and sugar to reduce importation and boost foreign exchange earnings.
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