why is it that every minister appointed by any president in nigeria can go extra mile to please his master at the expense of the nigerian masses

Okoroawusa:

ship it out to where?

to your house

chuksjuve:

Make una fear God naaa

We know you want to praise buhari and massage his deflated ego, but this lie is so glaring that it reeks of sycophancy..

Even devil will be shocked and marvel at the way Lai Mohammed has influenced every members of this administration with ground breaking and breath taking lies...

Oga Audu this is a big lie..

Don't ever try it again!!!!

if he is lying, tell us the truth. But the fact remains that rice importation has gone down tremendously and big importer like Stallion has built giant rice mill in Nigeria.
This is cynicism at the highest level

I believe the ambassador to Nigeria from Thailand is alive not dead,if it's a lie he will respond because audu ogbeh said this publicly.why not wait for him to refute the story before insulting a 70+ man.what most people fail to realize is that 80% of the rice around are local rice in foreign bags.go to Joshua,igbeti and nasarawa you'll confirm this.over this rice issue pmb has left a legacy even though he hasn't done any other thing for now,from 2021 we're going to be the largest exporter of rice.these things are on the internet,do a research

Any time I see this Agriculture Minister,
my hand go dey scratch me, to slap am.

I never see yeye minister like am.

All he specializes on, is quoting fake
statistics to bamboozle unsuspecting
Nigerians.

He & Kachikwu & their fake policies are
responsible for the high price of foodstuff
in this country.

Yet, 'Sai Baba' is clueless....

NaijaMutant:


I used to consider you intelligent but never knew you were this simple

I was actually reading to see where any Thailand official made that statement so I can start celebrating, only to see a failure like Audi Ogbeh making bogus claims

lol that is exactly my thought... useless and senseless officials in this country. How can u just make statement without official data to back up their comments

NaijaMutant:


I used to consider you intelligent but never knew you were this simple

I was actually reading to see where any Thailand official made that statement so I can start celebrating, only to see a failure like Audi Ogbeh making bogus claims

God bless you for your intelligent comments. Can't you see how the coward yawns off, the common trait in people who can't think for themselves but are imposed on. One again, brilliant mind.


Abeg we need more females in leadership

CoolFreeday:
Them no well, they never see anything yet.

God Bless Nigeria

God Bless PMB

SHUTUP HOW COME HE CONTRADICTED HIS OWN LIES BY SAYING TOO MUCH RICE IS STILL BEEN SMUGGLED INTO THE COUNTRY

NaijaMutant:


Below comment is a mockery of your level of intelligence

Its a big disgrace Seun considered you qualified to be a moderator on this platform

can anyone be a moderator on this platform?? were they paid salary? whats their achievement??

btw.......I hope,you didn't get banned!?

crackhouse:
I hardly see local rice in the market. All I see everyday is foreign rice, yet this man still want me to believe that importation of rice have dropped by 95%.
@70 or more this man have not start making efforts on making it to heaven? Or is lying no longer a sin?

Seems you took all polished rice for foreign. Maybe you were expecting the stone infested rice as local, we've stepped up we now produce polish rice locally.

zionstaar75:
I believe the ambassador to Nigeria from Thailand is alive not dead,if it's a lie he will respond because audu ogbeh said this publicly.why not wait for him to refute the story before insulting a 70+ man.what most people fail to realize is that 80% of the rice around are local rice in foreign bags.go to Joshua,igbeti and nasarawa you'll confirm this.over this rice issue pmb has left a legacy even though he hasn't done any other thing for now,from 2021 we're going to be the largest exporter of rice.these things are on the internet,do a research

why are you so full of deceptions??
Better wake up from your slumbering.....

Lifestone:

if he is lying, tell us the truth. But the fact remains that rice importation has gone down tremendously and big importer like Stallion has built giant rice mill in Nigeria.
This is cynicism at the highest level

How much is a bag of rice ?

lia effects everywhere

Pharaoh001:


can anyone be a moderator on this platform?? were they paid salary? whats their achievement??

btw.......I hope,you didn't get banned!?

No ban

I didn't directly insult him. It was only indirect

AnanseK:


Wailers will continue to wail, but PMB will continue his working until 2023.

I know you have collected fe yearly salary..

Hailers of mediocrity and incompetence will hail

FarahAideed:
Nigerian rice importation has fallen by 95 percent ..tell us another lie we don't know ...Where are these large rice paddies located please ?

Most of the paddies are in the north since we southerners are more interested in importation and smuggling rather than self sufficiency & economic diversification. Check out Kebbi, Niger, Taraba, even Anambra, Ogun, Lagos etc. Real farmers don't waste times answering questions such as this on social medias. They're too busy for that.

APC :LIE.... new slogan for next year election.

Welcome development... If and only if it is true

deji68:
big lie

Thailand exported a record 11.48 million tonnes of rice in 2017, the commerce ministry said on Wednesday.

The amount, which surpassed the previous record of 10.96 million tonnes in 2014, was worth over US$5.1 billion, said Adul Chotinisakorn, deputy chief of the commerce ministry's department of foreign trade.

Thailand, the world's second-biggest rice exporter after India, is expected to ship out 9.5 million tonnes of rice worth US$4.7 billion this year.
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/energy-commodities/thailands-2017-rice-exports-hit-record-1148-million-tonnes

Read this again and this time use your cap! Even if all they are saying does not reduce the price of rice, that does not mean he is totally wrong!

What about porous borders in the north?the other day I saw a picture on where it was alleged that bags of rice were being smuggled

LocalChamp:
Posted By: Agency Reporter On: March 2, 2018
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh says Thailand has accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse of its seven rice mills following the drastic fall in rice importation from the country.

The minister made this known at a meeting of the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative ( PFI ) and leadership of the Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers of Nigeria ( FEPSAN ) held at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday.

The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Ogbeh said Thailand’s Ambassador to Nigeria made the “accusation’’ when he visited him in February.

According to the minister, the ambassador lamented that the collapse of the rice mills has increased the unemployment rate in his country from 1.2 per cent to 4 per cent.

“Just like two weeks ago, the Ambassador of Thailand came to my office and said to me that we have really dealt with them.

“But I asked what did we do wrong and he said unemployment in Thailand was one of the lowest in the world, 1.2 per cent, it has gone up to four per cent because seven giant rice mills have shut down because Nigeria’s import has fallen by 95 per cent on rice alone.

“So, Mr President we thank you for the support and we thank all the agencies and those of you in the private sector for your resilience,’’ he said.

The minister, however, alerted the nation on what he described as alarming smuggling of fake fertilizer and rice along the western borders of the country.

He, therefore, called on the Federal Government to take drastic measures to check the trend as all previous diplomatic measures had failed to address the menace.

“But one last request Mr President, we have to take one strong measure against our neighbour to the West. The smuggling is really compromising our capacity on our result.

“Too much rice, too much fake fertilizer is still coming across the borders into this country in spite of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) we have with them they are not listening.

“Maybe if the Federal Government take one tough action, they will come and renegotiate the terms because good neighbourliness means reciprocity.

“We can’t be allowing them to survive at our own expense and I believe that we will do something about it,’’ he said.

Ogbeh appealed to FEPSAN to adjust their blending formula using little more micro nutrients for some crops like cocoa, cashew, plantain, banana and others that would soon be revived by his ministry.

The minister noted that the agricultural sector had created millions of jobs for Nigerians in the last two years.

He said: “People may say what they like about jobs. Recently I heard that we lost four million jobs. Nobody has calculated the millions and millions of jobs created on the farms.

“So, this programme as it grows can only make us stronger.

“As soon as more dams and lakes are put in place, you begin to sell fertilizer all year round and not wait for the rainy season alone.”

NAN

http://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-responsible-for-collapse-of-our-rice-mills-thailand/

All Progressive Liar. Wetin one no go hear from APC party of deception and lies.

The other day one of their own go construct plank pyramid and bag rice in the name of gateway state and ask them to come and commission lie.

My PVC is ready to end the continuous lying

FarahAideed:
Nigerian rice importation has fallen by 95 percent ..tell us another lie we don't know ...Where are these large rice paddies located please ?

Legal importation of rice has fallen in Nigeria that much is true.

deji68:
big lie

Thailand exported a record 11.48 million tonnes of rice in 2017, the commerce ministry said on Wednesday.

The amount, which surpassed the previous record of 10.96 million tonnes in 2014, was worth over US$5.1 billion, said Adul Chotinisakorn, deputy chief of the commerce ministry's department of foreign trade.

Thailand, the world's second-biggest rice exporter after India, is expected to ship out 9.5 million tonnes of rice worth US$4.7 billion this year.
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/energy-commodities/thailands-2017-rice-exports-hit-record-1148-million-tonnes

Doesn't mean that are still shipping large quantities to Nigeria

sweetgala:


Legal importation of rice has fallen in Nigeria that much is true.

Where are the stats? The rule still stands. Rice comes in through the seaport ( legitimate route ) It's the illegitimate means like through the border that its banned. This is a boost for importers with huge financial prowess to import containers of the commodity but disfavors the tiny importers of few bags who try to smuggle it through the border. So how does this reduce rice import? Or it rather makes it more organized to reduce imports and makes the market less open to smaller importers but a gold mine to big time importers.


Do your research

Abuzay2r:


Most of the paddies are in the north since we southerners are more interested in importation and smuggling rather than self sufficiency & economic diversification. Check out Kebbi, Niger, Taraba, even Anambra, Ogun, Lagos etc. Real farmers don't waste times answering questions such as this on social medias. They're too busy for that.

Continue deceiving yourselves. The polished rice we see in the markets are all imported. This country has intelligent citizens

lagbaja:
I applaud the efforts of the Buhari administration in growing that local rice production. However I do not allude to the hallucinations and fantacies being propagated by the minister. These lies should stop. Contrary to his claim, Rice imports from Thailand have actually increased by about 20% between 2016 and 2017. Here is the data presented below.

1. 98% of rice imported into Benin is destined from Nigeria. 95% of imported rice into Nigeria is smuggled from Benin. The import figure for Rice on the link below shows that Rice exports from Thailand to Benin increased from 1.4million metric tons to 1.8million metric tons. Though the export figure for Nigeria drops from 600k metric tons to 23k metric tons. This shows that our rice imports have actually increased and smuggling through the borders is on the rise where as rice imports through Nigerian ports have reduced. We are loosing import tax revenue and we are deceiving ourselves that we are self sufficient in rice production.



http://www.thairiceexporters.or.th/export%20by%20country%202017.html

2. It is not true that unemployment in Thailand is on the increase . Reverse is the case. See attached data.

From your own very data provided it is obvious that indeed what the minister said is true. What the minister has failed to do is analyse data; I support your conclusion that we are involved in self delusion if we don't address the smuggling concerns.

We need to come down hard on Benin and the customs boss shld deal with corrupt officers aiding the smugglers

Lia Muhammad dean faculty of lies.. Audu ogbeh HOD department of lies in agricultural sector

Lying Bastards in this government!

Rice business is on all time high in thailand.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/archive/rice-exports-at-record-high-in-2017/1387798

NaijaMutant:


Below comment is a mockery of your level of intelligence

Its a big disgrace Seun considered you qualified to be a moderator on this platform

Abeg, free the man. he's entitled to his opinion, mod or not. Not every Nigerian is a living hate.

sweetgala:


Doesn't mean that are still shipping large quantities to Nigeria

But ur stupid minister said thailand rice sale has fallen because of nigeria.

chuksjuve:



How much is a bag of rice ?

N14,000.00 sir

FarahAideed:
Nigerian rice importation has fallen by 95 percent ..tell us another lie we don't know ...Where are these large rice paddies located please ?

In kebbi state we have WACOT, LABANA & LAKE RICE MILLS. Note i didn't mention small mills