Gov. Aregbesola
The latest fresh gist while speaking on Monday at an event organised by the Osun State Agency
for Community and Social Development to mark the 2016 International Day
for Eradication of Poverty, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, advised Nigerians
to stop eating imported rice and return to the pre-1980 era when
indigenous rice was eaten only during festive periods.
The current report according to The Punch,
the Osun State governor also advised Nigerians to embrace family
planning, saying stopping the eating of imported rice and limiting the
number of children each couple gave birth to would be effective tools
towards eradicating poverty in the country.
The governor who made the speech in Osogbo, the state capital, also
said since laziness was a factor that engendered poverty, every adult
should strive to be productively engaged, especially in the agriculture
sector, to ensure an abundant availability of food.
He said, “If we work and pray, we will banish poverty from our
environment. Rice was not a staple food in Nigeria before 1980. Ofada
rice was the only rice eaten during festivities. We should return to the
time when we were eating indigenous rice.
“We have cassava, plantain, beans and yam. We should return to the time when we were eating our indigenous foods.
“Secondly, we should embrace family planning. I am not asking
you to kill the ones you have given birth to but we should stop the
erroneous belief that we would be sick if we don’t give birth to all the
children in our body.”
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