Nigerians are reluctant to buy local rice —– Sellers in Ilorin lament

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Rice sellers in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital have expressed worry over the reluctance of consumers to buy locally produced rice. Lake rice Some rice sellers who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday said consumers preferred to pay more for foreign imported rice than the cheaper locally produced one.

A rice seller, Mallam Mahmud Ismail said only few customers requested for local rice as they always preferred the foreign version. “Hardly will you see one out of 10 customers requesting for local rice in my shop. They always want the foreign rice,” Ismail said. Another seller, Mrs Bimpe Ekundayo said customers complained about the poor quality of the local rice. “Many customers complain of stone particles and the low quality of local rice. I make sales of 10 bags of foreign rice to 4 bags of Nigerian rice due to the quality,” Ekundayo said.

Another seller popularly called Iya Ibeji at Ipata market said sales of local rice was not fast as customers looked down on it. “Local rice is always second choice in their budget. They feel reluctant and sad when I suggest for them to buy local rice. They are even ready to pay more for the foreign rice,” she said. Mrs Iyabo Aina called on the Federal Government to lift ban on the importation of rice and allow free flow of the product in the country. “We are not making sales anymore. Nobody is ready to buy local rice and it is affecting our business.

Government should do something on time,” Aina said. However, Mr Stephen Ikechukwu, another seller, lamented that the closure of the borders against importation of foreign rice had caused sharp increase in the general prices of rice in the market. “Now, we sell local rice for N20,800 while the foreign rice is N26,000. It was never like this before the closure of the border when we used to sell a bag of local rice for N9,500 and the foreign N13,000,” he said.

Also, a rice seller, Alhaja Rukayat Usman urged the Federal Government to encourage the public to patronise local rice and stop discriminating against it. “We need to change our attitude towards locally made products and appreciate Nigerian made. We are fond of prioritizing anything foreign ahead of our locally made products which are bad,” she said. (NAN)

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No hunger in Nigeria, Sanono 2019.

E be like say this story just confirmed it o. There is no hunger in the country.. Nigerians prefers to eat expensive foreign rice.

I eat local rice and I like it.

some nigerians and inferiority complex...some of these local rice are on par with foreign rice,but like everything the black man always believe that foreign things are better...we can't continue like this!!!

deji17:


E be like say this story just confirmed it o. There is no hunger in the country.. Nigerians prefers to eat expensive foreign rice.

I eat local rice and I like it.

What the locals should do honestly is try to see why that foreign rice seem better, then try to adjust.
Everyone is on foreign levels, I stay not too far from the seme border but can tell you that rice still moves ooo, but it's heavy sorting. So it reflects in the amount, yet people are buying.

If the locals can tell you to open border then that means water don pass gari.

fergie001:

What the locals should do honestly is try to see why that foreign rice seem better, then try to adjust.
Everyone is on foreign levels, I stay not too far from the seme border but can tell you that rice still moves ooo, but it's heavy sorting. So it reflects in the amount, yet people are buying.

I learnt that many sellers are even re bagging the Local Rice in Foreign Rice bags. Naija, who do us this thing?

deji17:


I learnt that many sellers are even re bagging the Local Rice in Foreign Rice bags. Naija, who do us this thing?

In my area, everyone is buying the expensive foreign rice oooo.
People are storing rice against Christmas sef........no time.

fergie001:

In my area, everyone is buying the expensive foreign rice oooo.
People are storing rice against Christmas sef........no time.

But the quality of some of the local rice has improved significantly. Wetin dey do us?

deji17:


But the quality of some of the local rice has improved significantly. Wetin dey do us?

Those in authority, do they eat the local rice we eat?
If No? Why.....let's start from there.
For me, I eat what I see but you know women are tentative about these things.
Gandollar come ooooo....comman kowatiate the difference between the rice oooo.

fergie001:


Those in authority, do they eat the local rice we eat?
If No? Why.....let's start from there.
For me, I eat what I see but you know women are tentative about these things.
Gandollar come ooooo....comman kowatiate the difference between the rice oooo.

But that assertion cannot be verified now. Have you been to their dinning table to check which rice is served?

deji17:


But that assertion cannot be verified now. Have you been to their dinning table to check which rice is served?

Do I need to get to Aso Rock to know the cars they drive?

fergie001:

Do I need to get to Aso Rock to know the cars they drive?

Car is different from Rice nau. Moreover we've heard of Govt agencies ordering and using Locally produced cars...

deji17:


Car is different from Rice nau. Moreover we've heard of Govt agencies ordering and using Locally produced cars...

For show or for real?
The ones Nigerians almost killed Innoson for, some weeks ago.?