basic23111:
we don't have enough food yet Buhari ban import of food and same buhari export yams and other agro product. its very clear this administration is clueless

PrecisionFx:



U can't produce Rice.
Ur also Seizing imported rice.
What is wrong with Nigeria.

sweetilicious:
Its not true.I distribute made in Abakaliki rice.We should patronise ours.Its tastier and nutritious more than foreign and over processed rice.Abakaliki rice is stone free and chaff free too.

PrecisionFx:





Madame Nigeria does not produce enough rice to meet her demand for rice, It's a stupid idea to for anyone to ban his staple food when they do not have any form of backup. Immediately buhari did it, 50kg bag of Rice prices which mostly goes for under 10k swiftly moved to 25 - 30 thousand naira o'er bag.



I am in Enugu state, I know every single detail based on Abakiliki rice cuz my aunty has been planting rice over there for over 30 years now(from wen rice farmers parboiled their rice locally with giant pots till the day many rice processing factories came up in Ebonyi state.
Yeah you made sense.But this theory is only applicable to a sane clime where foreign products hasn't eaten so deep in to the system not withstanding the substandard quality.All things been equal,prices where bound to go up because of scarcity of dollars for importers.Now that it is so stressful,more expensive and riskier for importers to get some products that can be manufactured in this country from foreign countries thereby improving the GDP of those countries,some wise business experts have improvised by sourcing for those machinery that can be used in milling this rice,processing them by removing stones and chaffs so as to be good for consumption.Nigerian business men are so smart.If only they knew all this plan from beginning,they would have filled up their wayhouses with this rice to last for many years waiting, thereby prompting man-made scarcity for the demand to exceedingly go higher thereby increasing the price incessantly.You will still complain by then.Advice all this importers to purchase more machines for proper rice milling and watch how things will get better.In as much as i don't like Nigerian Govt and their policies,this one on banning of some products that can be sourced in this country is welcomed by me.You will never grow if you don't cook your meals even when you have all food stuff but you prefer to eat out everyday spending 60% of your income thereby empowering restaurant.You are in for a fall if you don't make do by making your own meals.This is the theory i think the Govt is making use of. I have been able to market and sell to some people Abakaliki rice.The difference is clear.With more adequate machinery,you won't be able to differentiate soon. THANCHU SO MUCH.

In sane nations, First the govt calculates the amount of rice the nation consume yearly (let's say 3 million metric tonnes), Secondly calculate the amount of rice the nation produce (let's say 800k metric tonnes), Then Govt will make sure that only 2.2 million metric tonnes of rice comes into the country yearly.

As the rice farming increase, FG will keep reducing imports till whenever it balances.