thesicilian:

Trust Nigerians, they are very myopic. They'll never see the truth from afar until it hits them in the face and send them into unconsciousness. Watch as they'll all attack you now, calling you all sorts of names for trying to enlighten them a bit.

You know smugglers and those who support them from their post

klark3:

Honestly
The thing tire person
Too much stones
Is there any local rice in this country without stones?

We know that you're lying but continue anyway, it's allowed

shedy03:

Govt is suppose to subsidize whatever is necessary for survival yet beyond the affordability of the majority masses, and not extort from the meagre earning of the poor.
People like you would blindly and sentimentally support any negative govt policy not minding it's consequences.

By buying local rice you are subsidising the farmers in a way. If we all - 200m poeple - patronize local goods that will be great for the economy.

Area4Area:
We know smugglers and those who support them from their post

Lol ....no wonder you are broke

gaetano:
The Rice mills are hoax. Y'all don't understand its just a front. We have more rice mills but have very little rice farms. Top officials are hiding behind these mills and smuggling rice through the northern borders and repackaging them for sale in local bags in those mills. Them go use all of una make money this Christmas

Keep quiet. Top officials and you fail to name them. Nigeria will be great, stop spreading your negative perception

Udyawanga:
Non sense. In a country where imported rice as before is now cheaper than the one made in Nigeria, while as before the reverse was d case. Who do we offend in this country. If local rice as before is cheaper while sudden upsurge in term of price? As for me let the boarder be re opened where by common man can buy rice. Afterall economics said no country is self sufficient. Non sense govt policy that benefit few.

Tell us your location, how much is a bag of 50kg bag of foreign and local rice, give us the name or brand so that Nairalanders around can investigate?

seunlayi:
Good one but the closure was one wrong timing

There is never a perfect time.

Just do it!

SoNature:


While you raised lots of questionable points, I can categorically tell you that the emboldened is FALSE.

After the northerners, the Yorubas are the biggest beneficiary of one Nigeria. Imagine the level of transformation Abuja has experienced since it became Nigeria's capital in 1991 (28 years). This means that for 77 years (1914-1991), Lagos was the capital of Nigeria.

This explains why Lagos has the best of everything from the federal government. Today, the governors are consolidating the gains, and the Lagos effect is spreading to its neighboring states of the South West region.

The biggest losers of one Nigeria project is the Niger Delta. Oil companies destroy their lands and Nigeria pays them peanuts in damages. And everyone is happy. Port Harcourt, without federal government intervention, has done well for herself. Again, the Nigeria's Deltans are the biggest losers.

Port Harcourt is under what region?

SoNature:


I don't know the number of times I have to correct people here, but I will keep trying my best.

The border closure is NOT a policy but a happenstance..more like a flash in the pan.

It's even more annoying that Buhari didn't close the borders to encourage local farmers to grow and make money out of their businesses.

Buhari shut down the borders because of smuggling. He believes that many people are bringing things into the country through the land borders without paying the necessary custom duties.

Please the two scenarios are not the same.

While we like the positive effect, the positive effect on Nigeria was NOT the intent. Well, that's because the positive thing that happened as a result was NEVER planned, so the border will be reopened in January.

Let this sink in, please; let's stop making assumptions.

https://www.businessamlive.com/jan-31-not-terminal-date-for-border-closure-customs/

The Nigeria Customs Service has said January 31, 2020 contained in a leaked memo is not terminal date for the border closure.

Joseph Attah, the public relations officer, NCS, confirmed the development in a telephone interview on Sunday.

So don't jubilate yet.

FrLukas:


In case you don't know, most of the foreign rice being smuggled into Nigeria is expired rice.

China is fond of exporting plastic rice to Nigeria.

Nigeria is a dumping ground for all substandard and even harmful goods.

You may not want to hear it but that's the truth.

I don't need to convince you. You are free to believe whatever your mind sells to you bro.

I'm outta here.

Good bye
I hope you've also eaten the plastic rice before.
Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam are the major suppliers of foreign rice to Nigeria not China.

That plastic rice story was also debunked then.
Be informed

Horlufemi:


All the ride you've been eating for 6 months now is naija rice.

You don't have to believe.

Majority of Nigerians don't know this and when you tell them, they'd say you're lying.

elkharpone:
Dead ass stone rice
Open border make person chop better rice oh

Stop being an idiot. Go and buy Mama's Pride made by Olam in their high-tech multibillion naira mill in Doma, Nasarawa state. Then thank me later. Buhari got this policy correct.

mrvitalis:

Lol ....no wonder you are broke

Your smuggling business is gone for good, go get something better to do

Area4Area:
Your smuggling business is gone for good, go get something better to do

Thanks to buhari smuggling has never been this profitable

mu2sa2:
By buying local rice you are subsidising the farmers in a way. If we all - 200m poeple - patronize local goods that will be great for the economy.

Great for the economy, Great for the economy, Great for the economy...
economy that's not working.

Praises and credit due to GEJ for initiating self-sufficiency policy, and to PMB for continuing it.


President Jonathan commissions Rice Farm in Nasarawa

Sunday, 17 August 2014
https://upgej..com/2014/08/president-jonathan-commissions-rice.html


Nigeria Is On Sure Path to Food Sufficiency – PDP
January 9, 2015

https://ritefmonline.org/nigeria-is-on-sure-path-to-food-sufficiency-pdp/

Great ideas to improve the conditions of the masses survive the test of time

Jonathan Commissions 105,000MT Integrated Rice Mill In Nasarawa

July 14, 2014

https://www.informationng.com/2014/07/jonathan-commissions-105000-mt-integrated-rice-mill.html

SoNature:


While you raised lots of questionable points, I can categorically tell you that the emboldened is FALSE.

After the northerners, the Yorubas are the biggest beneficiary of one Nigeria. Imagine the level of transformation Abuja has experienced since it became Nigeria's capital in 1991 (28 years). This means that for 77 years (1914-1991), Lagos was the capital of Nigeria.

This explains why Lagos has the best of everything from the federal government. Today, the governors are consolidating the gains, and the Lagos effect is spreading to its neighboring states of the South West region.

The biggest losers of one Nigeria project is the Niger Delta. Oil companies destroy their lands and Nigeria pays them peanuts in damages. And everyone is happy. Port Harcourt, without federal government intervention, has done well for herself. Again, the Nigeria's Deltans are the biggest losers.

Yoruba's are the biggest losers
Today
Lagos only makes about 3% of Yoruba land
The remaining 97% is a huge village
Yorubas are the biggest losers
But Yorubas are too dumb to know

ourkobo:
Hmmm... Hope that photo is not how they process the rice??

Why can't we automate things I'm this country and make life easier for us kwanu

Automator. Can you wake and start automating without fund. It is when a small manual producer produces and sees market for the goods and see demand rise he uses the profit to improve, start looking for possibilities of credit facilities because he has seen potentials for growth. Most large companies and multinationals your family will continue giving Thanksgiving in church every Sunday for a whole year if you are lucky to be offered an employment in one, all started from something close to what you are seeing above maybe a hundred years ago.

solmusdesigns:
Oga say what you know, check the list of people with OML and see that Yoruba holds the oil and gas sector, check telecoms and check entertainments... yoruba would sell his/her intellect to make money and be on forbes list and let others do the dirty work

See if u don't want me to curse u,better don't start with your bullshit
Yoruba's don't have one cement plant
Yoruba's don't have one single rice mill
All those mills springing up are in north and east
At the end of the day,they transport the rice here
Yoruba's don't have leaders
I know what I'm saying
I'm pro Yoruba,but I can't pretend about anything
Just recently,industrial estates were announced for one states in each geographical zones in Nigeria
Ebonyi the poorest igbo state got an industrial estate from fg
But u know what?
Fg gave another industrial estate to Lagos!
When ekiti and osun have none
I swear lagos is under developing Yoruba land
Lagos is 3% of Yoruba land
Yet over 85% of investments is in lagos
Wake up from your stupid sleep and stop defending rubbish
Yoruba's are not gaining anything from lagos
I repeat nothing
Yoruba land is a village, yes!
Yoruba land is a big village
I'm crying for yoruba future.
Honestly speaking
I don't know y all of u Yoruba's keep on behavibg like everything is right in Yoruba land
I hate this

mrvitalis:

Thanks to buhari smuggling has never been this profitable

....then why are you still complaining over the closure, why not encourage him to keep it shut and throw away the keys?

Yes I can confirm this, even a lady came to the bank to reactivate her company account that has been dormant for years, she is into rice milling

We all cried foul when it happened, now many Nigerians are benefiting from it
Meanwhile, did you know you can build a really beautiful building using just salt. Check it out http://prodesigners.com.ng/why-you-should-build-your-house-with-salt/

Area4Area:
....then why are you still complaining over the closure, why not encourage him to keep it shut and throw away the keys?

We complain so the fool won't know ...na I have always known u are not smart

mrvitalis:

We complain so the fool won't know ...na I have always known u are not smart

Case closed, smuggler noted even if I know you have nothing doing for now aside nairaland

Area4Area:
Case closed, smuggler noted even if I know you have nothing doing for now aside nairaland

You are not smart .......stop forming

elkharpone:
Dead ass stone rice
Open border make person chop better rice oh

Bros na small small! We will soon get there if we don't relent, I happened to work in atransport sector and I have a customer that I transport this Nigeria rice for from time to time, I discovered that this woman had started dumping these stones rich rice for another of the same Nigeria rice. Competition will set the brain of those that didn't do it right as time goes on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ka4E9fxAWg

Dangote Rice Ltd

gaetano:
The Rice mills are hoax. Y'all don't understand its just a front. We have more rice mills but have very little rice farms. Top officials are hiding behind these mills and smuggling rice through the northern borders and repackaging them for sale in local bags in those mills. Them go use all of una make money this Christmas

This is untrue.

On the contrary local rice is being re-packaged as foreign because of our love for all things foreign and to increase margin.

Nigerias rice tonnage under the Fadama projects is public knowledge. You can even Google it and see that rice produced is well in excess of rice milled.

If you have contrary information let's see the data and the names of the so called officials.

The Dangote Company has begun building its 2.6 million-bag-[ 50kgs]-a-year rice mill in Kebbi.

The facility will host a record 32 silos for the storage of the grain.

This mill along with Lagos Imota new mill would produce 4 million bags of rice[50kgs] yearly.

Source: https://ngg.ng/2019/11/23/photos-photos-of-the-ongoing-2-6million-rice-mill-in-kebbi-state-by-dangote/

www.nairaland.com/attachments/10616190_img20191123083331_jpeg173a9d9e4364afd85293b91dc1c83a78

www.nairaland.com/attachments/10616191_img20191123083329_jpeg7b175b95553eb82a2fe2ccdbb6de5465

www.nairaland.com/attachments/10616192_img20191123083327_jpeg1987371c6085c011b20970ff00d23011

www.nairaland.com/attachments/10616193_img20191123083325_jpeg015379ef77730fd2d6023f752a806fb0

lomprico:


we are heading nowhere. rice is still been smuggled in drones. customs officials are cashing in big.
is that pic by the OP the rice mills that are springing up? pathetic.

if you have any evidence of that, please expose them.

But please o, am tired of eating stone inside rice o....... Because it's like stone is now a recipe for cooking rice nowadays