FG hails Hilda Baci for daring world’s largest pot of jollof rice

By Ebunoluwa Sessou

The Federal Government has applauded personage chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known arsenic Hilda Baci, for her bold effort to navigator the world’s largest cookware of Jollof Rice.

The feat, staged astatine the prestigious Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos, nether the banner “Gino World Jollof Festival with Hilda Baci,” attracted much than 20,000 registered participants who trooped retired to witnesser the historical moment.

Vanguard learnt that the custom-made pot, built implicit 3 months successful South-West Nigeria, measures astir six metres successful width with a capableness of 22,619 litres. Originally designed to clasp 5,000 kilogrammes (250 bags) of basmati rice, weighing constraints forced organisers to standard down to 4,000 kilogrammes (200 bags).

Despite the excitement, the lawsuit was not without drama. The monolithic cookware reportedly caved successful during the weighing process, arsenic a crane effort to assistance it caused structural stress. Its legs buckled and the screen loosened, prompting information concerns. Nevertheless, thousands of servings of Jollof atom were successfully distributed to attendees.

Government officials astatine the venue lauded Hilda Baci’s resilience and innovation, describing her effort arsenic a testament to Nigerian creativity and determination. As astatine property time, Guinness World Records was yet to corroborate the caller record, but the certification process is said to beryllium ongoing.

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