nakaman:
so this country is this powerful

Powerful in consuming

Kossym:

Another Fulani he goat sighted ... Mayb u don't know how finish ua .... Now let me tell u... Ua d toddler here.... Goan ask the woman ua calling mum ( das if she is still alive) who ur daddy is

Lol. Cheap shots. Don't just be dumber than your smartphone. Use it to get information which obviously you desperately lack. Now run along son.

Afamed:

it only hits hard on the smugglers in Nigeria. Genuine investors are smiling to the banks

True that. Except.. becoming a legit importer is not that easy

tony1918:
A bag of imported Rice sells for 15k and local rice sells for 12k before the border closure ..After the closure the local rice the poor masses are meant to buy sell for as high 18k and the imported now sales for 25k..Please what is the gain of the Poor Masses in the border closure

My friend go and find something else to eat. Lazy man. Must you always eat rice?

Naija is indid a giant

okeyumez:
Big countries adopted this measure before they became strong Nations
Let us make sacrifices now and build our nation and stop lamenting
Buhari is right this time
Let the idiotic, hypocritical Igbos keep lamenting
Nigeria must get better

I wouldn't have quote you. But I remember vividly. that about 2-3 different governments have used similar sentence. The next government will still say the same shit.

Naija my country

odave:


Abeg what's so difficult for Nigeria farmers to get a better seed from wherever they can, plant here, parboil and give us good rice? Everything na rocket science for naija.

Imagine using local rice to make fried rice, lol

In Nigeria the cost of producing rice is expensive because we depend on physical labour rather than tractors. it would take 1 tractor to harvest rice in an acre of land within 1 hour 30 minutes, while it would take about 15 labourers to do same thing.

So they wouldn't have comparative advantage over nigeria,when encourage local production.

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odave:


Abeg [b]what's so difficult for Nigeria farmers [/b]to get a better seed from wherever they can, plant here, parboil and give us good rice? Everything na rocket science for naija.

Imagine using local rice to make fried rice, lol

See blame ooo... And what's so difficult for you too that you can't grow your own rice the way you want it, or afford to buy at the price the market offers you?

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odave:


No one is disputing that fact. What I mean is the Nigerian comsumers. The government did the right but it's hitting hard on us consumers too. No need to pretend here. I will miss those rice

THAT IS EXACT THING WE NEED TO GROW THIS COUNTRY. RICE IS AN IMPORTANT FOOD IN NIGERIAN'S DIET. THIS MEANS THERE IS A HUGE MARKET. LET US GO BACK TO THE FARMS TO PRODUCE RICE, WE WILL ALL MAKE MONEY LIKE ITS FROM CRUDE OIL

udoekere:
i love you buhari,infact if you were still young i wouldn't mind giving you ma daughter to marry.you are the best president in the history of Nigeria,i pray that your heart may be harden like that of pharaoh.AMEN

guy I wont say any amen to that prayer


Let him open for one week

This move is a good one...

All those yeye countries are milking us dry and to make it worse, dey don't regard us..

I enjoin all Nigerian to cooperate with this policy..

Ade24682:
Even God knows the local farmer won't meet demands.

How did you know that?
Do you know that Local product is being rebagged as foreign?

Kossym:
Soon we will hear killer rice on rampage... One aboki will use otapiapia to preserve rice.... Abeg open border jor...
People say they re snuggling rice.... Wot is smuggle.. did the govt ban importation of rice ? So why call people doin der business smugglers? Well m here.... Dis tasteless short grain rice Nigerian is selling ... We shall see.. d rice sef lack nutrient .... The other day na color pink grain of rice I see inside the one derica of rice I buy

. LOL, THIS ONE IS SERIOUSLY PAINED, HOW I JUST WISH BUHARI WILL JUST GO AND THROW THE BORDER KEY INSIDE THE LAGOON TILL PEOPLE LIKE LEARN HOW TO APPRECIATE LOCAL CONTENT.

Kossym:
Soon we will hear killer rice on rampage... One aboki will use otapiapia to preserve rice.... Abeg open border jor...
People say they re snuggling rice.... Wot is smuggle.. did the govt ban importation of rice ? So why call people doin der business smugglers? Well m here.... Dis tasteless short grain rice Nigerian is selling ... We shall see.. d rice sef lack nutrient .... The other day na color pink grain of rice I see inside the one derica of rice I buy

. LOL, THIS ONE IS SERIOUSLY PAINED, HOW I JUST WISH BUHARI WILL JUST GO AND THROW THE BORDER KEY INSIDE THE LAGOON TILL PEOPLE LIKE YOU LEARN HOW TO APPRECIATE LOCAL CONTENT.

So, the likes of Thailand and India have been living off our hospitality all these while. Its so serious!!
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udoekere:
i love you buhari,infact if you were still young i wouldn't mind giving you ma daughter to marry.you are the best president in the history of Nigeria,i pray that your heart may be harden like that of pharaoh.AMEN

Closing border alone is not enough to be praised, what is our government Federal and states are putting in place to ensure bumper harvest in order to meet local demand,If nothing drastic is done we will end up buying rice at #100000 per bag.

Afamed:

it only hits hard on the smugglers in Nigeria. Genuine investors are smiling to the banks

it is always about the investors...smh. what about the citizens?

odave:


Abeg what's so difficult for Nigeria farmers to get a better seed from wherever they can, plant here, parboil and give us good rice? Everything na rocket science for naija.

Imagine using local rice to make fried rice, lol

they are just greedy fools....

tony1918:
A bag of imported Rice sells for 15k and local rice sells for 12k before the border closure ..After the closure the local rice the poor masses are meant to buy sell for as high 18k and the imported now sales for 25k..Please what is the gain of the Poor Masses in the border closure

the gain is for buhari to enrich the investor they gave free loans to invest in rice farm...

isthatso:


try and be patriotic for once, America is a great country because the average American will always choose the American product over imported even when the foreign one is better. Must you eat rice?

keep lying to yourself

Charmingrascal:
Poverty capital of the World closed her border and the so called rich Countries are crying.



















Las las Naija na Bros to many Nations

lol...the country can never grow with so much dullards

Ishilove:

By buying local rice at 18,000?

You know, if you cultivated rice, you could also be making that 18k multiplied by a factor you are capable of generating.

nakaman:
so this country is this powerful

We are powerful.

Very powerful CONSUMERS of goods from other countries.

All this people shouting Buhari should not open border..I laugh in Swahili

Open which border with which key.
The key wey him don loss since.
You guys don't know Buhari very well o

Den we shud turn to other food, y must it b only rice we shud b eating in dz country?, there are other food we produce z better we adapt to other food dn depending on rice or rather govt shud help and see dt the machines use fr rice process are available so we can produce it enough n meet our demands

tony1918:
A bag of imported Rice sells for 15k and local rice sells for 12k before the border closure ..After the closure the local rice the poor masses are meant to buy sell for as high 18k and the imported now sales for 25k..Please what is the gain of the Poor Masses in the border closure

More investors will invest in planting and processing of rice. This translates to millions of direct and indirect jobs, better quality of rice, improved economy, rise in GDP. The benefits are quite enormous, but in the interim, it could be alitle challenging.

wwwihy:
Nigeria’s border closure is hitting hard on India, Thailand others

The rice exporting countries are heavily reliant on the Nigerian market

Reports say the wholesale price of top exporting countries fell on product glut resulting from a decline in exports

A report by Business Day indicates that the closure of Nigeria’s land borders aimed at curbing smuggling activities, especially of rice, has taken a toll on rice-exporting countries. According to the report, the price of the commodity dipped by a joint 46 percent in one month in countries like Thailand and India. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday, August 21, ordered the closure of the Seme border.

Between that period and September, the wholesale price of the broken parboiled rice, the species in top exporting countries fell on product glut resulting from a decline in exports. In India, the wholesale price dropped from $0.64/kg in August to $0.40/kg as at 30 September of this year. In Thailand, the price of the commodity declined by 9.2 percent in the review period. Data from both Thailand and India, which previously accounted for up to 90 percent of Nigeria’s rice imports, show legal imports to the country have declined at the same time. Meanwhile, there are fears that Nigerians may buy a 50kg bag of rice for as high as N50,000 in December 2019 if the land borders remain shut by the federal government. Already, the price of rice by 86% to an all-time high of N27,000 per 50kg from N14,500, an indication that local rice farmers do not currently have the capacity to meet local demand in the country.

Read more: https://www.legit.ng/1263787-nigerias-border-closure-hits-hard-india-thailand-others.html

If only the momentum can continue like this, Nigerian business men have the capacity to setup a standard rice mill , that will process our local rice to standard. The govt should just keep that gate closed

The importation of all goods that are/can be locally produced should be strictly regulated. When we import, we weaken our Naira, export jobs, increase food insecurity, create room for corruption, increase crime and poverty, the list is just endless.

They are putting their country first. Lets do same.