SenseiX:

Do you actually think before commenting or are you a programmed robot to automatically kiss ass no matter how stupid the proposal is.

This has basically destroyed all Jonathan and Adesina's efforts to boost local rice production.
Only big time rice smugglers like the Vaswani brothers would benefit from this. As always, Change .

Beremx:
ilekeh,frankly speaking, the ordinary man like me wants the price of rice to reduce drastically. I don't care how its going to be done. Seriously

tempex88:


There is a 10% duty and 60% levy to discourage importation. it should not affect local farmers adversely

Beremx:
ilekeh,frankly speaking, the ordinary man like me wants the price of rice to reduce drastically. I don't care how its going to be done. Seriously

Toks2008:


Apparently you know nothing about importation of rice in relation to smuggling.

Over the years according to "unconfirmed" news,Dangote have benefited immensely from the coded monopoly of being a strong importer of this commodity and even customs have benefited from the good will of Dangote as a thank you for check mating the activities of supposed smugglers.

Nevertheless this has not in any way stopped the infiltration of this commodity but rather has made custom officers feed large on innocent men and women who are looking for a source of income bringing in the commodity which by far surpasses the quality of the local ones.

The effort of Jonathan is not in anyway truncated but on teh contrary, this policy will give teh much needed competition hence making the stake holders buckle up and provide more quality rice at affordable rates.

The bottom line is that each day, the land borders lose millions of naira in duty that should be judiciously paid on bringing in rice because despite the ban on land border route,this commodity still comes in thousands of bags daily and you need to ask those who live around the borders to confirm this.

So dear,this is a welcome development that will bring down the price of the commodity greatly so YES CHANGE IT IS and a positive one.

Toks2008:


And the good news is that with this policy,the best type of rice i know which is "special" will be as cheap as 9k compared to the present 12k because now that even you can bring it in if you have teh financial power,competition will be welcomed.

I pray Buhari lives long to rule the second term.This man means well for us.

Toks2008:


Apparently you know nothing about importation of rice in relation to smuggling.

Over the years according to "unconfirmed" news,Dangote have benefited immensely from the coded monopoly of being a strong importer of this commodity and even customs have benefited from the good will of Dangote as a thank you for check mating the activities of supposed smugglers.

Nevertheless this has not in any way stopped the infiltration of this commodity but rather has made custom officers feed large on innocent men and women who are looking for a source of income bringing in the commodity which by far surpasses the quality of the local ones.

The effort of Jonathan is not in anyway truncated but on teh contrary, this policy will give teh much needed competition hence making the stake holders buckle up and provide more quality rice at affordable rates.

The bottom line is that each day, the land borders lose millions of naira in duty that should be judiciously paid on bringing in rice because despite the ban on land border route,this commodity still comes in thousands of bags daily and you need to ask those who live around the borders to confirm this.

So dear,this is a welcome development that will bring down the price of the commodity greatly so YES CHANGE IT IS and a positive one.

Ilekeh:


Is that the only competition that can reduce the price of rice?
Ok for the common man like you and I, this is a good TEMPORARY solution. U
Our government should, in some ways, support local farmers, find ways to help us increase production and increase competition amongst local farmers.

If this becomes a permanent solution, Nigeria is doomed.
Look @ the situation of generators and national light/electricity.

AsYouSaid:


I went back to read the statement of the Custom boss and i cannot agree less with your point. This will certainly improve competition and free us from the shackles of Dangote and all those super-rich tyrants in our midst that still legally bring in rice via our seaports. Now, i can team up with a fellow and walk across the border to buy rice and pay the extant duty on it. No need for rice seizure, struggling through the smugglers route, bribery to custom officers, etc. Its now a peaceful piece of business, small scale businesses being promoted, sensible competition even to local producers to up their quality and scale of production........ the lists indeed is endless. Please lets educate ourselves in cases like this when the need arises, we shouldn't politicise, tribalise or joke with all matters when there are lessons and opportunities in it for us all to learn from. God bless Nigeria.

gassdon:
Bad policy against local farmer/producer.

This government turn things upside down!

God give APC some sense!

Beremx:
the local farmers cannot feed the entire nation,truth be told. It won't stop Nigerians from eating locally made rice too.

greaterlove:
God i can't believe some of the comments I am reading here, some are more concerned with the price of rice coming down but are not even thinking about the number of farmers and workers that will loose their jobs on the long run.
Why are we so short sighted in this country, what happens to all the rice mills that have been set up and those under construction? What happens to their workers if they close shop? We demand for self reliance but do we think self reliance will come in a platter of gold. Kai! NAija why do we like going round in circles?

ANBAKO:
What of the millions of metric tonnes of rice that GEJ said they were producing? How could you produce this amount without visible farms?

In a bid to win the presidential election at all cost they resorted to lie and figure fabrication. Where is that Agric minister that was all over the place dishing out this figures?

May God help us.

laurel03:
u dey buy local rice b4?95% of rice we dey eat in 9ja is imported rice....

FLYFIRE:

I went to Abakiliki three months ago and came home with some rice. God is my witness, it's one of the best rice I have eaten. They have improved so much that a single stone has not been found in it till date. So continue to like as..s

obailala:
With the very high duties imposed, foreign rice would be much more expensive and this still gives room for competition for local rice producers.

You need to understand something, this is Nigeria where certain basic economic principles do not apply. The ban wasn't really enforced and through the years has only favoured some rich crooks. The ban did not reduce the quantity of rice finding its way into the country, but instead of coming through the proper channels and paying duties to the government, the money which should go to government rather goes to smugglers and corrupt customs officials. This move is simply a means of earning revenue for the government whilst still encouraging local production (by slamming high duties on imported products).

SenseiX:

Do you actually think before commenting or are you a programmed robot to automatically kiss ass no matter how stupid the proposal is.

This has basically destroyed all Jonathan and Adesina's efforts to boost local rice production.
Only big time rice smugglers like the Vaswani brothers would benefit from this. As always, Change .

SenseiX:

Do you actually think before commenting or are you a programmed robot to automatically kiss ass no matter how stupid the proposal is.

This has basically destroyed all Jonathan and Adesina's efforts to boost local rice production.
Only big time rice smugglers like the Vaswani brothers would benefit from this. As always, Change .

greaterlove:
Have you not noticed how the rice investors stormed nigeria these past years? The most important thing is to encourage the local manufacturer, make going into rice production more attractive so that those who smuggle it will be discouraged. Why do we make the same mistakes over and over again?

greaterlove:
Have you not noticed how the rice investors stormed nigeria these past years? The most important thing is to encourage the local manufacturer, make going into rice production more attractive so that those who smuggle it will be discouraged. Why do we make the same mistakes over and over again?

Segadem:
it is u that did not read the news.
pls answer these question faithfully

How many time did u eat local rice this year?
Don't u think the imported rice u have been eating were smuggled in?
Don't u think these smugglers enriched the labouring countries?
Oga Rome was not built in a day,before we can ban foreign rice outrightly ,let our supply out way our demand.

FLYFIRE:

The first thing bubu did was to lift ban on foreign textile because many were seized in Kano. The second
was to dismantle road blocks because his people must spread. The third is to give us an angelic ministerial list because his people must recoup campaign funds. Now he lifts ban on imported rice? The indegenous textile industries shot up... bubu killed it. The insurgence that GEJ almost wiped out... bubu re-armed them. The ministerial list... shame on bubu. The rice farm business that brought down the price.. bubu has just killed. One thing is sure this four unfortunate years ahead... bubu WILL take Nigeria back more than ten years.

SenseiX:

Do you actually think before commenting or are you a programmed robot to automatically kiss ass no matter how stupid the proposal is.

This has basically destroyed all Jonathan and Adesina's efforts to boost local rice production.
Only big time rice smugglers like the Vaswani brothers would benefit from this. As always, Change .