The Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 102 bags of plastic rice branded “Beat Tomato Rice’’ with no date of manufacture.

The Customs Area Controller of F.O.U. Comptroller Mohammed Haruna, made the disclosure in an interview with our correspondent.

He said that the commodity was stored for distribution as Yuletide gifts for the public.
Haruna said that officers of the unit intercepted the plastic rice along Ikeja area on Monday, adding that a suspect was arrested in connection with the seizure.

“Before now, I thought it was a rumour that the plastic rice is all over the country but with this seizure, I have been totally convinced that such rice exists.

“We have done the preliminary analysis on the plastic rice. After boiling, it was sticky and only God knows what would have happened if people consumed it.

“I advise those economic saboteurs who see yuletide season as a peak period for nefarious acts to desist from such illegal business.

“The unit has decided other operational modalities that will make them run for their monies and count their losses, ‘’ NAN quotes the controller as saying.

He described smuggling as a global phenomenon, adding that such act could not be curbed entirely but could be brought to its barest minimum.

Haruna appreciated well-meaning Nigerians who provided the service with prompt information that led to the discovery of the bags of plastic rice.

The controller, however, advised the media to educate the public on the existence of plastic food, adding that it was no longer a rumour.

Haruna assured the public that the distribution point of the particular plastic rice seized by the unit had been blocked with immediate effect.

He said that investigation was still ongoing.

The controller said the unit would handover the plastic rice to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for proper investigation.


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Beat Tomato Rice Its well oo, but why are we bent on destroying ourselves in his nation?

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Poster above,na u b OP, na u b FTC u come say mk pple no sell plastic rice.........all na d same category of greed na

Seriously? I been no believe this plastic rice matter before. Wey the plastic guys wey dey sell am na abi dem Don melt?

Wealth and pleasure without conscience...

The black race,we need to stepup our game,this is 21st century,all the white races had taken their turn on us except one=the asian tigers. Imagine some little brown men feeding us plastic pillets as rice,to rest our fears for being regarded inferior,we just have to standup for our needs.

abeg if the rice is cheaper....they shld allow us to eat it....since buhari don fail us....Nigeria has become dumping ground.

foreign rice- expensive
local rice - dirty

how wont Nigerians resort to cheap fake

useless government

Oga oooo!!

Hmmm... Its well with Nigeria..

Good development they should destroy all those rice. I bet you that those people that import those rice will not eat it on their own but will be quick to sale to others to make money. This people don't have conscience at all.

JideJamez:
abeg if the rice is cheaper....they shld allow us to eat it....since buhari don fail us....Nigeria has become dumping ground.

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Go ahead...be the village idiot..the town square is free, you have no competition.

Conscience is an Open wound, only truth can heal it.

Plastic rice?

JideJamez:
abeg if the rice is cheaper....they shld allow us to eat it....since buhari don fail us....Nigeria has become dumping ground.

What sort of mental delusion is this. Grow up please.

see what APC govt has result us to

RoyalMail:
Beat Tomato Rice Its well oo, but why are we bent on destroying ourselves in his nation?


lalasticlala, mynd44

Is nigeria a nation?

When they know that all we are after is consumption. When are we going to be serious about production thereby putting the importation of things like this on hold

Thank God for the alertness of the custom officers. Who knows how many more would have find their ways to the market...??

Intercept? Do people need to die before others get to work in 9ja

Bring them to book and show no mercy, after all, all they wanted to do was to kill people .

What height of wickedness.

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let us be careful

We Nigerians are the root cause of our problems. We go around the world looking for inferior and deadly things to import all cos of money! Money! Money!!! We are just too greedy and wicked!

Se dem swear for us ni

How on earth will a sane person import plastic rice when you don't even know where it will end up. Your dear child may eat out of it somewhere somehow even if u don't have it in your house then he develops complications and you begin to run from pillar to post thinking its one old woman in your village that is doing you.

May pestilence and sadness never depart from the household of whoever imports this poison into the system.

Which way Nigeria... Man is so unkind to Mankind

Very good!!!


Wicked people

I can't believe somebody spent money... a huge amount at that to import plastic rice

All I see is wickedness

This can harm people

passionate88:

This is not a laughing matter

Many Citizens of our dear nation are mainly concerned about enriching themselves...no thought on how it affects others

RoyalMail:
Beat Tomato Rice Its well oo, but why are we bent on destroying ourselves in his nation?


lalasticlala, mynd44