I support this government on the ban of foreign rice. Nigerians will get use to the local ones with time

Beremx:
The price of a bag of rice is going to hit 50k by December. The idea of Nigeria producing rice is like the Army defeating Boko Haram. All na propaganda.

Buhari should as a matter of urgency open the borders if they cannot provide alternative to curb the high cost of rice.

Nonsense!!

goodmorning

Commentor:


You don't know what you are saying.

Canada is a producing country while Us is producing nd consuming country, Canada exports 60% comodoties to Us, Have you ever heard or seen Us close their border?.

edoairways:
I support this government on the ban of foreign rice. Nigerians will get use to the local ones with time

When mases have died of kwashiok abi?.

Techsunny:
When mases have died of kwashiok abi?.

Few rice producers in the country can't even feed one state, u re encouraging ur stupid goverment for adding more hardship to a common man.

Odingo1:
I thought that this border closure is against ECOWAS rule,I thought that in ecowas member countries there is free movement of goods and services within the member states.

So they have been deceiving theirselves all this while in ECOWAS.

The free movement of goods is supposed to be for goods produced/manufactured within the ECOWAS sub region and not for goods imported into the sub region.

The good thing on this closure is that it will help decongest Lagos to some extent.....but again Apapa might be more choked since the port will now handle all import

Techsunny:
Canada is a producing country while Us is producing nd consuming country, Canada exports 60% comodoties to Us, Have you ever heard or seen Us close their border?.

Oh dear.

I despair at the low level of education and intellect in Nigeria.

GAZZUZZ:


Think deep before you respond. Must we eat rice?

Rice is the number one staple food in Nigeria.
Its that important. So yes, we must eat rice.

As if u and your family are exception.

No country is self sufficient.
But Nigerian government killed the moral of producers in Nigeria especially farmers.

This ish started since Buhari took over without a viable alternative.

There should be proactive measures so people will not feel the effect cos at the end of the day, it should be all about the people.
I hope aso rock and all those politicians eat Nigerian rice too.

Wiseandtrue:

Lies as usual!!! There's famine in the land!!!

Can you answer me this simple question, maize is up to 20 million tonnes right Then why sell for N9000 as against the imported N5000 per bag

Does it make sense to you I mean if manpower, resources and what have you is source locally, why the increase

N9000, with multiple taxes, N30,000 minimum wage

All these policies is only affecting the masses!!!

By the time Buhari is through with Nigeria, Abacha will be a child's play!!!

Please what did Abacha do apart from stealing.....did the poor suffer? Do your research well

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Commentor:


Oh dear.

I despair at the low level of education and intellect in Nigeria.

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solmusdesigns:
Oga stop being overly negative, I dare you to goto any CBN, AFDB, BOI, BOA Offices close to you and request Agricultural loan and facilities, MSME Loans and see how easy you'll get a loan ... dont just seat in your room and make negative assumptions

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Commentor:


Why can't they feed themselves?

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Commentor:


So why are you complaining?

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Hope it is not going to be this rice thing that will lead Nigeria to war? Pls go to the street, people are not smiling, why force a change without any palliative measure?

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Commentor:


No, only eastern borders.

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Commentor:


Yes.

It depends on how hardworking the people are.

Nigerians should get to work.

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Techsunny:
When mases have died of kwashiok abi?.

They will not die of kwashiorkor. Nigeria was doing fine before the importation of foreign rice.

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Commentor:


The only place you know is Onicha.

If it was main market matter we were discussing you might have some points.

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sarrki:


If I have never interrupted your perpetual misery about Nigeria, don't resent me for my unending hope. Your right, my right.

Sarrki I don laugh enter bush chai.........

Daviddson:
It's unfortunate the price escalation this land-border closure has brought, but sorry what do you mean by stone rice?
A lot of Nigerians are very illiterate when it comes to Nigerian rice. They don't know that the only stony rice are those not milled by machines and which are sold by small scale farmers who can't afford milling machines. Go to the market and see different Nigerian-made rice - 50KG bagged and totally stone-free like every other foreign rice.

Umza, Mama Gold, Olam, Mama Africa, Mama's Pride, Mama Happy Rice, Labana, Elephant, Falcon, etc.

How much is the Nigerian rice now?

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Commentor:


Abeg go siddon.

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oteneaaron:


Meaning that,

as you have refused to see anything good in Nigeria,

he @sarrki does, and since you have the right to hate on your fatherland,

he also the right to be optimistic about the future



ITK will nor kee me

My gee

Buhari should also ban importation of generators

Wiseandtrue:

[s]Lies as usual!!! There's famine in the land!!!

Can you answer me this simple question, maize is up to 20 million tonnes right Then why sell for N9000 as against the imported N5000 per bag

Does it make sense to you I mean if manpower, resources and what have you is source locally, why the increase

N9000, with multiple taxes, N30,000 minimum wage

All these policies is only affecting the masses!!!

By the time Buhari is through with Nigeria, Abacha will be a child's play!!![/s]

Will you shut it, if don't know how to think, pay someone to help you out.

Area4Area:
This has always been my prayer, 50k for a bag of rice, let our farmers enjoy and let Benin Rep government and people suffer for trying to disrupt our economy

hope you are not a smuggler because right now they are the ones praying for the border to remain closed permanently. Na now una dey make the real money. FA -AYA - WO

Odingo1:
I thought that this border closure is against ECOWAS rule,I thought that in ecowas member countries there is free movement of goods and services within the member states.

So they have been deceiving theirselves all this while in ECOWAS.

So the government should do nothing as other member Nation in ECOWAS refused to check mate the impending catastrophe by allowing all manner of goods, weapons, drugs to be smuggled into Nigeria
Funny enough you are the type that will still condemn the president for not taking appropriate action on time.
Wailers spotted

Area4Area:
E dey pepper dem as e dey sweet us.
Don't go and start a rice or fish farm, be waiting for cheap stuffs from smugglers

Thank you!

Beremx:
The price of a bag of rice is going to hit 50k by December. The idea of Nigeria producing rice is like the Army defeating Boko Haram. All na propaganda.

Buhari should as a matter of urgency open the borders if they cannot provide alternative to curb the high cost of rice.


Nonsense!!

Must you eat rice every day?

If you were eating daily and can no longer afford it,eat it every other day na.,till the price crashes in the very foreseeable future.

Even in those "good old days" rice was eaten occasionally.

Beremx:
but why should there still be stony rice in this 21st century? We can tolerate stones in beans because it can easily be picked out, but rice? Haba!! I love Nigerian rice, but when it is not readily available and too expensive nko?

That's one of the things this border closure will address.

Farmers will be able to sell the ones they produce. This will increase their capacity to produce more and better rice without stones.

A good example is the case of chinko phones then. That their phones will never sell in western countries by the way but they sold millions in Africa which gave them capacity to produce better ones.

I hope Nigerians can be patient enough for this to happen with our rice.