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Sierra Leone’s Minister of Agriculture, Henry Kpaka said that the Chinese government gifted Sierra Leone 21 ships of rice in the past few years.
“Yes, the Chinese government gave the people (of Sierra Leone) rice to the tune of 1,114 metric tonnes,” Minister Kpaka said. He added that this has been happening over the past three years.
This revelation became apparent when the Minister was hosted on a radio interview speaking on reforms in the agricultural sector.
This recent information has sparked discussions and raised important questions regarding the government’s actions with the rice. Many are curious about how the rice was utilised and what implications it had for the country.
There are allegations that the government has been selling rice to dealers, which some believe has contributed to the recent decline in prices for a bag of rice. The information has drawn past experiences when the Ahmad Tejan Kabba administration received and mismanaged two ships of rice from the Libyan government.
Sierra Leone’s population depends heavily on rice, which is widely regarded as a staple food in the country. Despite this reliance, Sierra Leone struggles to produce sufficient rice to meet its domestic needs. As a result, the government spends millions of dollars annually importing rice from Asia to fulfil the demand.
Since the conclusion of the country’s decade-long civil war in 2002, various administrations have undertaken initiatives to boost agricultural productivity. However, despite these efforts, the agricultural sector continues to face significant challenges and remains largely unproductive.
The Maada Bio administration has initiated the Feed Salone Project, a proactive step toward achieving food sufficiency and security in Sierra Leone over the next five years. The government said the initiative aims to enhance agricultural productivity and empower local communities to ensure a stable food supply for all.
Experts stressed the importance of focusing on practical solutions for improving agriculture, highlighting that real change occurs in the field rather than solely in theoretical plans.
21 ships of rice from China for free, and these guys have been selling it. They even disturb the importers by telling them to sell rice NLe800 including the free ones. Den guy ya den dae witch
My goodness, God of Zakkariah!
Ahhhh.!!!
What is happening with us in sierra leone?
Allah have mercy on us. Even if this MEWA people have been using the rice for different purposes they need to sing it to our ears. My question now is that,
What has been the course of the high inflation of rice in sierra Leone?
What a wicked world we are leaving today? 21 ships of rice donated to SL 🇸🇱 free from china?
How actually the government utilize these rice in questions?
Salon man wicked booo, if na true.
If they are selling the rice into the market, that is not the worst thing, although there is the Feed Salone program that should have gotten the rice as well as other areas that the rice should have been donated to and the money is probably not going into government accounts. However, most likely, government officials have bags and bags of rice in their houses and girlfriends’ houses with the balance being used for other reasons that highlight how little they care about us.
We need more info here. The minister acted guilty when he was asked the question and it does not take 21 ships to deliver just 1100 tons of rice. Either there has been a lot more rice, or the number of ships is wrong. If just 1100 over three years, the rice comes in in just one ship a year, with plenty of room for other things So, what is going on? Did we get a whole lot more rice than we are now being told after they kept quiet about it? Tiffman dem. This illegitimate government alaki.