Nigerians can now consume rice after border closure – Buhari

President Muhammad Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerians now consume local rice after the closure of the nation’s borders.

The Nigerian leader has commended the nation’s farmers for the record production of rice and other food commodities.

Buhari expressed excitement that his policies on agriculture are working to good effect.

He made this revelation in Katsina on Friday at a meeting with elected Local Government Council chairmen in the state.

“I said we must grow what we eat and eat what we grow. This is a country that was once dependent on foreign rice.

“We closed the border to foreign rice. I said why can’t we eat Nigerian rice, and with the policies put in place, Nigerians are eating home grown rice.”

“I found a tough man (Hamid Ali) for the job at Customs. He came to me and said they had intercepted 20 fuel tankers about to cross the border.

“I said to him, “sell the fuel and the tankers and put the money in TSA”. That money would have found its way to the numerous mysterious ‘government’ accounts”, he added.