Veteran broadcast entrepreneur, serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of Silverbird Group ,Senator Ben Bruce seems unrelenting in his fight for patronage of Nigeria’s homegrown products.



The entertainment guru on his facebook page posted this picture of himself eating a popular and investment friendly variety of rice called ofada.

In a comment attached to the post , he lamented the huge expenditure on rice importation and its impact on the economy as against our local heritage.

“Every single blessed day, Nigeria spends ₦1 Billion on imported rice. Imagine the impact on the value of the Naira if we spent that amount on our local and delicious ofada rice! #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira” 

It would be recalled that the need to boost Nigeria’s economy by patronizing made-in-Nigeria products has been on the front burner and the Bayelsa born senator has been unapologetic in pursuing that campaign.

Maybe our local ofada rice farmers should think towards striking a partnership with the House of Assembly on patronage.