Rotimi Williams, an ambitious 37-year-old Nigerian entrepreneur and rice farmer, owns the 2nd largest commercial rice farm in Nigeria by land size.
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Williams, a former Journalist, is the owner of Kereksuk Rice Farm, which is situated in Nasarawa state in northern Nigeria . The farm currently sits on 4,500 hectares and employs more than 600 indigenes of Nasarawa.
In a country whose citizens consume more than 5 million metric tons of rice every year, with a significant portion of its consumption needs being sourced from imports, Rotimi Williams is on a quest to change that, because he believes Nigeria can attain self-sufficiency in rice production in the near future, says Forbes.
