Somewhere along the line, imported rice from Thailand and any other country that could produce rice took over our consciousness and we dropped our local rice. We simply loved rice, rice which we did not, and still have not been able to grow enough to feed the population! They even said subsequently that our local rice was better than imported rice. We soon added jollof rice, fried rice, coconut rice, banga rice to the menu. The current invitation to eat local rice must be backed by a policy of local contents.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2020 03:56 UTC