 Turning now to business news, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria-Refan through the central bank of Nigeria has flagged off the 9 million metric tons paddy sales of rice to mark the beginning of the wet season anchor burrows program 2021 in Mandu, Kaduna state. This is to ensure food security in the country. National president of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria-Refan Aminu Guroyos said the aim of the program is to subsidize rice to millers to have quality and affordable food to eat. Guroyos lamented the risk Rice Farmers go through to feed Nigerians as a result of security challenges in the country. The CBN governor who was represented by the Kaduna branch controller Ahmad Muhammad Wali says the Apex Bank is ready to support and finance a lot of agricultural initiatives to ensure Nigerians live comfortably. And what we are obtaining today from the same farmer the same land is over 9 million metric tons so you can see the difference what we are what we are obtaining before 2015 before the coming of this administration and what we are getting now so you can see the difference. Rice in the market is going for about $255,000 in metric tons but we are saying with the concept of re-referring that this rice that we are giving out today we go at $190. Around $35,000 difference between the markets are what we're doing here. Some of the farmers expressed satisfaction with the initiative saying sale of paddy rice should have been done earlier than now while calling and government at all levels to intensify efforts to end insecurity for farmers to farm more. We farmers tend to like fertilizer we need it in time so that we use it for our farmers when we go to the farm especially we that we are farming inside the bush in fact we find it very difficult because of this kidnappers and so on. The major challenge the first one is insecurity we are facing very serious challenge because we are not farming inside the city we are farming around the bushes and the farms so and this insecurity will not allow us to go and farm properly. The central bank of Nigeria pledged to sustain its efforts in ensuring that funds have been provided for the program.