Custom and immigration officers are those even helping us get the rice

The rate at which different rice price are in the market one begin to wonder if it is Nigeria rice that is so expensive like this. My worries are for poor who may not be able to afford the high cost.

delamb01:
All these paid journalists you need to hustle harder because you can't convince the FGN to open the borders

as in eh...they just want to ridicule the federal government effort in border closure,so FG don't take the glory...I havrnt seen any foreign rice in my area since closure of the border,only local rice

Before, Nko?

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Oga come to Oyigbo, Iddo.... Local rice plenty

Is it just 3 months it will take for local production to increase. What kind of stupid thinking is this.
I do think though that all these dumb state governors should invest heavily in rice production. This will lead to an increase in supply.

Na Cup or Derica you dey buy for house ?

Solamilove:
Local rice is available but just that it's production is another thing. Before you cook it, you have to pick all the stones and chaff as if it's beans that will take you like 2 hours plus. When eating also one will be vigilant. So if you want to cook it on Monday, start its planning on Friday. Overall, eating local rice will train Nigerians to be diligent, goal oriented, strategic planning, and caution. At least for once, all those likes on our skills we put on CV can find its pathetic to become the truth.

Beremx:
go to the open markets and take pictures or you keep quiet. That's how you people keep promoting Audio Rice.

Inasmuch as I buy local rice, the high cost of it is outrageous. For how long will the price keep going high and not becoming affordable? That's my concern.

stop calling for local rice to be cheaper the more Nigeria farmer take advantage of the available market the lesser the price will become.

Area4Area:
Lies, all they want is the reopening of the border, come to any open markets in Anambra and see Josan, Coscharis, Anambra rice and other brands everywhere.
Borders remain shut for now

How much? Can I get them in onitsha

Visionless clueless rulers

izzou:


Your point being that the borders should be opened?

Y was d border closed in d first place& y should it remain closed?

mrsage:
This is indeed very sad.
My house is close to one of the distribution points for Lake rice in Lagos.
I noticed recently that lake rice has disappeared.

those two idiotic men who introduced the lake rice are a failure.

LAgos - KEbbi rice my foot.

izzou:


Keep crying. Nigerian rice has come to stay, you hear?

Was there ever a time in d history of Nigeria that we didn't have Nigerian rice? Or u think its in 2015 that we started seeing Nigerian rice?

SalamRushdie:


Was the border ever open? Receive. Sense

The border has not ever be open,,, before now the border has been blocked then you can still bring in goods cos there were personnel on ground regulating the in and out of all activities,but now in the present situation it is closed that is nothing come in and nothing go out.

Kerfuffle:
Local rice production is catching up! The major problem is still distribution. Local rice milled to standard quality still sells for 14-15k in many parts of the country, and even cheaper in some parts.

This is a big opportunity for the citizens. Nigeria youths I repeat, Go into Agriculture, and you'll most likely smile soon enough.

President Buhari please keep all the borders locked!

Are u alright? 14 to 15k in ur room, right?

SalamRushdie:
Protectionism had never helped any industry on Earth ...Protectionism is similar to saying you will not allow your son school with other brilliant students so just he can come first all the time . Protectionism breeds laziness and industrial lackadaisicality

It helped Nigeria’s cement, noodles and pasta industries. Get your facts correct.

Kerfuffle:
Local rice production is catching up! The major problem is still distribution. Local rice milled to standard quality still sells for 14-15k in many parts of the country, and even cheaper in some parts.

This is a big opportunity for the citizens. Nigeria youths I repeat, Go into Agriculture, and you'll most likely smile soon enough.

President Buhari please keep all the borders locked!

In america 3% of the population feeds the entire country, what u dont understand is if every nigerian goes into agric business what benin n niger is experiencing now with the border closure wilk definitely be our issue too. In economics its called deflation. Much supply, less demand.
Where will u export it to?
So always think before u write.

Preparation were not made before the border were closed so tell me how do you think local rice we flood the market,a country with over 170million people hmmmmt the market is large.

Solamilove:
Local rice is available but just that it's production is another thing. Before you cook it, you have to pick all the stones and chaff as if it's beans that will take you like 2 hours plus. When eating also one will be vigilant. So if you want to cook it on Monday, start its planning on Friday. Overall, eating local rice will train Nigerians to be diligent, goal oriented, strategic planning, and caution. At least for once, all those likes on our skills we put on CV can find its pathetic to become the truth.

I tell you local rice is just punishment, spent two days sorting and picking the rice.

Debaiz:


It helped Nigeria’s cement, noodles and pasta industries. Get your facts correct.

You still depend on your parents so keep quiet ..when you are a successful business genius like me then you can talk but before then shut up ..

Perceived Quality is what driving the sales of Noodle and cement in Nigeria ...did we need to protect our Nigerian made wires before the trumped all foreign imported wires ? Hell no ..Sha you can never understand

With all this happening, if you check Aso Rock's food store now, you will most likely see foreign rice there, even foreign spag
They are saying they want to increase locally made consumption, yet one man traveled abroad to celebrate 80yrs birthday. Wetin do eleko, elegushi beach or one indigenous establishment. Our president too be flying up and down
And am sure, na foreign rice them dey shop for there. Think health, think education
The gap between our political post occupants and the masses is too much
How will our economy grow, when we don't invest here, even we the masses self get our own flaws. Na who to blame everybody dey find
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Kerfuffle:
Local rice production is catching up! The major problem is still distribution. Local rice milled to standard quality still sells for 14-15k in many parts of the country, and even cheaper in some parts.

This is a big opportunity for the citizens. Nigeria youths I repeat, Go into Agriculture, and you'll most likely smile soon enough.

President Buhari please keep all the borders locked!

Have u gone into agriculture, precisely rice farming?

"Some of our millers sell at N12000 and we hope Nigerians can buy for N9000 - N12000".

Really?

@ topic.... seems like the blogger doesn't know rice is not a manufactured item.... that production can't rev up overnight. As long as demand is so much greater than supply.... distributors and retailers would hoard until just before Christmas when the demand is at the peak..... then they would release to get the highest prices.

So we should re-open the border?

Debaiz:


It helped Nigeria’s cement, noodles and pasta industries. Get your facts correct.

That means buhari has to stop his never ending "private visits" and medical tourism so as to help d local economy. I also heard that his own cousin celebrated his b'day in d UK. Y does buhari & his family have disdain 4 Nigeria & are telling Nigerians not have alternatives?

SalamRushdie:
Protectionism had never helped any industry on Earth ...Protectionism is similar to saying you will not allow your son school with other brilliant students so just he can come first all the time . Protectionism breeds laziness and industrial lackadaisicality

Your context is faulty if you put in view how China became a giant. It's even worse that the competition is by smugglers ! No sane country in the world will allow such thing.
For the OP, he should know that it will take a while for the factors of production to be reallocated to this new opportunities, that's elementary economics, we need to wait for another one year to begin to see the results of this great policy ( the best since PMB became President). I am aware that Stallion, Olam, Honeywell, Coscharis are gradually getting to the market.
If we continue to import things like rice for which Nigeria has ability to produce, where will the jobs for the youths come from?

Solamilove:
Local rice is available but just that it's production is another thing. Before you cook it, you have to pick all the stones and chaff as if it's beans that will take you like 2 hours plus. When eating also one will be vigilant. So if you want to cook it on Monday, start its planning on Friday. Overall, eating local rice will train Nigerians to be diligent, goal oriented, strategic planning, and caution. At least for once, all those likes on our skills we put on CV can find its pathetic to become the truth.

....laugh wan kee me here

yaki84:

In america 3% of the population feeds the entire country, what u dont understand is if every nigerian goes into agric business what benin n niger is experiencing now with the border closure wilk definitely be our issue too. In economics its called deflation. Much supply, less demand.
Where will u export it to?
So always think before u write.

you know the average nigerian is dum as dum can be... instead of the government self to ban just rice imports, them close the whole border.very soon graduates we will go back to trade by batter. you give me rice, i give you beans.

SalamRushdie:


Keep crying me I have access to all the foreign and Nigerian rice I want .. Na Buharist hunger go kill ..

See this one posting slim rice.
U go slim tire na

abdullkabar:
With all this happening, if you check Aso Rock's food store now, you will most likely see foreign rice there, even foreign spag
They are saying they want to increase locally made consumption, yet one man traveled abroad to celebrate 80yrs birthday. Wetin do eleko, elegushi beach or one indigenous establishment. Our president too be flying up and down
And am sure, na foreign rice them dey shop for there. Think health, think education
The gap between our political post occupants and the masses is too much
How will our economy grow, when we don't invest here, even we the masses self get our own flaws. Na who to blame everybody dey find
Everything tire person



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You made my day. I hate this place. Too many dumb people in this country.�

kkins25:
you know the average nigerian is dum as dum can be... instead of the government self to ban just rice imports, them close the whole border.very soon graduates we will go back to trade by batter. you give me rice, i give you beans.

Me am not against their policies o, anything that will arouse their ego no concern me.
I no even dey chop rice again sef, woman wey i get no like rice. I don come accustom am.
Soon the egyptians we see today will be no more.
Ezodus 30:30