{"id":18142,"date":"2018-04-05T20:45:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T20:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18142"},"modified":"2018-04-05T20:45:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-05T20:45:47","slug":"cross-river-rice-revolution-27-containers-arrive-calaber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18142","title":{"rendered":"CROSS RIVER RICE REVOLUTION: 27 CONTAINERS ARRIVE CALABER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"6ibac-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6ibac-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6ibac-0-0\">Twenty-seven containers of automated rice seedlings equipment have arrived the Ayade industrial park in Calabar, Cross River State and ready for installation.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"59flk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"59flk-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"59flk-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"348kq-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"348kq-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"348kq-0-0\">Project manager of the centre, Patrick O\u2019brian who received the equipments disclosed that already, contractors from Taiwan are on their way to Calabar for full installation of the automated machines.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"2bo61-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2bo61-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"51a4e-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"51a4e-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"51a4e-0-0\">The equipment included the transplanting and harvesting machines, sorter of various types, rice hullers, graders, cleaners and destoners, packing scales, among others.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"3af76-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3af76-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3af76-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"2n2f-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2n2f-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2n2f-0-0\">O\u2019brian said during the installation, there is going to be a huge training process for the local engineers and skilled labours, adding that there is also going to be opportunities for everyone seeking to work in the industrial city.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"62hjj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"62hjj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"62hjj-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"fhkao-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fhkao-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fhkao-0-0\">According to him, \u201cvery soon, Cross River State government will be supplying the whole country the new automated and vitaminised rice seedlings,\u201d explaining that the \u201ccitizens need not to go outside the state to buy rice for their local consumption as the Rice Mill in Ogoja will produce more than what they need.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=15900&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"b2st7-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"b2st7-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"b2st7-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"38cro-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"38cro-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"38cro-0-0\">Continuing, he revealed: \u201cWe have received 27 containers of various equipment. We will require a minimum of one month of training of personnel for all this equipment. So there will be opportunities here for everybody.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"8vl46-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"8vl46-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"8vl46-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"16cgs-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"16cgs-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"16cgs-0-0\">\u201cVery soon, the mill in Ogoja will be supplying Cross River and other neighbouring states with made in Cross River rice. We don\u2019t have to go anywhere for rice any more. From the concept we have on ground, our people will be working, earning and feeding themselves, so we will be self sufficient. The concept is the first of its kind in Nigeria.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"5qkhc-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5qkhc-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5qkhc-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7nvb0\" data-offset-key=\"77tj0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"77tj0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"77tj0-0-0\">\u201cThis factory will produce the seedlings and they will be taken to farms for direct planting.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"77tj0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2bo61-0-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CROSS-R.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18143\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CROSS-R.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CROSS-R.jpg 600w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/CROSS-R-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-seven containers of automated rice seedlings equipment have arrived the Ayade industrial park in Calabar, Cross River State and ready for installation. \u00a0 Project manager of the centre, Patrick O\u2019brian who received the equipments disclosed that already, contractors from Taiwan are on their way to Calabar for full installation of the automated machines. 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