Sierra Leone News: Chinese Govt. donates rice

Politics

The Chinese Government has donated 6,300 metric tonnes of rice, valued at over $7 million USD to Sierra Leone. The Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Wu Peng, said the first batch of 2,750 tonnes, arrived recently. The second and third batches of rice are due in November 2017 and January 2018. Ambassador Peng furthered that China’s determination to work close with Sierra Leone to find long-term solutions to achieving food self-sufficiency by developing the agricultural sector to enhance the country’s capacity to produce more food items. Receiving the donation on behalf of the Government and people of Sierra Leone, President Koroma thanked President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China. He described the assistance as a great gesture, and assured that government would judiciously use the rice for the benefit of all Sierra Leoneans. President Koroma said, Sierra Leone needs to be food self-sufficient and called for diversification in agriculture. Thursday July 13, 2017.

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