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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by ShobayoEmma(m): 6:53am On Feb 19
Tinubu economy solution is not only hurting but also destroying. Note that stomach only understands food not figures. Whatever statistics that doesn't put food on the table of the masses or bring the inflation rate down is as useless as uselessness. Lord have mercy.

Tinubu, a bad man with good intentions
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by BABAawoo47: 6:53am On Feb 19
FarmPlanetNG:
North and hypocrisy. You engage in agricultural projects with the country's finances, then out of sentiments send it to Niger Republic that they are more next of kin than Southern Nigerian, yet you all wanted to die for same religion ticket. The hypocrisy in the north stinks to hell. Since you hate the southerners so badly, please call for referendum so you can go attach to your Niger Republic in peace
it's actually because of how useless our currency has become. It pays more to export than sell to Nigerians with poor purchasing power
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by Kay17: 6:56am On Feb 19
FarmPlanetNG:
North and hypocrisy. You engage in agricultural projects with the country's finances, then out of sentiments send it to Niger Republic that they are more next of kin than Southern Nigerian, yet you all wanted to die for same religion ticket. The hypocrisy in the north stinks to hell. Since you hate the southerners so badly, please call for referendum so you can go attach to your Niger Republic in peace

Trust me, this has nothing to do with religious or ethnic sentiment. It is simple economics. Our weak currency necessarily encourages exports even to neighboring countries. CFA is stronger than naira.

The government is the real culprit.

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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by Kay17: 6:57am On Feb 19
crossfm:
Hehehe.

Other African countries now see Nigeria as a place to get cheaper food because our currency is very weak. They come and buy food in large quantities back to their countries.

The farmers on the other hand believe they will get a better bargain from foreigners. They said these foreigners don't price too much,and in most cases they don't even inspect the bags as Nigerians do.

This would have been a blessing to Nigeria if the government did their home work well.

Had it been that farmers were secured enough,they would have cultivated more and gotten enough harvest,and we would have been supplying food to other countries.

No matter how we want to see it, insecurity lead us to where we are today. These farmers have been complaining. They pay in millions to bandits during planting and harvest. They must add all those money they paid to these bandits,they can't sell at lost.








Brilliant observation. What do you think Dangote will do?
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by muyico(m): 6:58am On Feb 19
this news will end here! we will not hears any feedback from dem again
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by Ed12(m): 7:04am On Feb 19
Prigidypogodo:
smuggling to where ?

Niger republic

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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by Ed12(m): 7:06am On Feb 19
They are even rushing to the west to buy foodstuff in large quantities

Claiming bandit no allow them farm

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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by pannyman(m): 7:24am On Feb 19
bjayx:
Truck coming in or going out?

That's the question on my mind. Poorly written news report.
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by obesse: 7:33am On Feb 19
FarmPlanetNG:
North and hypocrisy. You engage in agricultural projects with the country's finances, then out of sentiments send it to Niger Republic that they are more next of kin than Southern Nigerian, yet you all wanted to die for same religion ticket. The hypocrisy in the north stinks to hell. Since you hate the southerners so badly, please call for referendum so you can go attach to your Niger Republic in peace
What do you expect when your own currency is getting weaker by the day. Anybody who knows a little bit of economics would tell you that devaluation of a currency makes it more profitable to sell locally produced goods and services to foreigners. Simple!
Nigerians would prefer to sell our local products to America and Europe and Asia in order to get more dollars. Unfortunately, we do not have the local products which these countries would desire(apart from crude oil).
So the only option is for small countries like Niger Republic, Chad, etc to mop up our agricultural produce, leading to more hunger in Nigeria.
May God help us oooo!

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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by Shedrack777: 7:35am On Feb 19
FarmPlanetNG:
North and hypocrisy. You engage in agricultural projects with the country's finances, then out of sentiments send it to Niger Republic that they are more next of kin than Southern Nigerian, yet you all wanted to die for same religion ticket. The hypocrisy in the north stinks to hell. Since you hate the southerners so badly, please call for referendum so you can go attach to your Niger Republic in peace
that not the point. They smuggle it because naira has no value, and they trade it in cefa which yields more gain than selling it here in naija. The government can avert this only if they make the naira valuable (like $1 to N300)

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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by Prigidypogodo(f): 7:36am On Feb 19
Ed12:


Niger republic
when their brothers never chop

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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by obesse: 7:38am On Feb 19
crossfm:
Hehehe.

Other African countries now see Nigeria as a place to get cheaper food because our currency is very weak. They come and buy food in large quantities back to their countries.

The farmers on the other hand believe they will get a better bargain from foreigners. They said these foreigners don't price too much,and in most cases they don't even inspect the bags as Nigerians do.

This would have been a blessing to Nigeria if the government did their home work well.

Had it been that farmers were secured enough,they would have cultivated more and gotten enough harvest,and we would have been supplying food to other countries.

No matter how we want to see it, insecurity lead us to where we are today. These farmers have been complaining. They pay in millions to bandits during planting and harvest. They must add all those money they paid to these bandits,they can't sell at lost.

It's easy to accuse farmers of sabotage,but remember they also business men.

As we speak, nothing has been done about insecurity in Nigeria. Farmers are still paying heavily to bandits and we expect a different result next time.

If the remote cause is not urgently addressed
This year challenges will look like a child's play next year. All these propaganda won't be able to help next year.






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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by obesse: 7:39am On Feb 19
obesse:

Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by ALLNIGERIANSMAD(m): 7:41am On Feb 19
FarmPlanetNG:
North and hypocrisy. You engage in agricultural projects with the country's finances, then out of sentiments send it to Niger Republic that they are more next of kin than Southern Nigerian, yet you all wanted to die for same religion ticket. The hypocrisy in the north stinks to hell. Since you hate the southerners so badly, please call for referendum so you can go attach to your Niger Republic in peace
you dey mind the useless people, when the terorist imported from the Niger were killing thier farmers, they will be disturbing us, they're the ones who impose emilokan on us because of Muslims Muslims ticket. Mad people

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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by Voldoz: 7:49am On Feb 19
Streetdoctor:
According to ronu dem, "go and farm" Mak una leave north alone, if u feel that they are not doing it well, go and farm,.

This is fact my people here in south-south and south-east are so lazy, if you are producing your own food do you think all this will be happening?

I travelled from Warri to Owerri saw vast lands not in use why not promote agriculture and produce your own food and stop depending on the northerners for food, that's why the price of food keeps inflating here and there.
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by just2endowed: 7:49am On Feb 19
Quality20:
How can they dare smuggling this massive amount of product without arranging with d customs area command before going aheaud?

They never pay custom duties for once.

Down south here, say u want to load goods to seme, custom will bill you die
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by RepoMan007: 7:50am On Feb 19
I pity any southerner starving this moment.

The north rakes the bulk of oil money and farm with it under many fancy named schemes like anchor borrower scheme, boi etc, they reap bountifully and tell tales of bandits destroying it to avoid repaying the FG. FG too doesn't try to buy it from the bush markets into the reserves, finally, they start selling the harvest to highest bidder.

Where as the purchasing power of the southerner is the least because inflation and devaluation has ravaging it. Govt of Buhari has used future earnings to subsidizes pas consumptions and built rail to Niger republic.

I pity the average Southerner right now.
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by Menclothing: 7:53am On Feb 19
Southern gov invest in agriculture production
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by viodemus: 7:54am On Feb 19
Niger has annexed sokoto and half of the north. They just haven't made it official.

They respect their own farms, but they destroy Christian farms in the middle belt, all the way to the south. It is more than a fulani issue, things are bigger than that. They respect Niger, but cut igbos from relating with Cameroon.


The security forces needs to be equalized and fair for all regions. it is even more important than electricity; and right under food. Many have been advising this, but they have been turning a deaf ear.
So many hints, to sit up.


Umu chineke needs to be ready for the road ahead. Even if he self correct, things will still be very uncertain,

A weakened Nigerian influence in Africa;
The other parts of Africa can sense the fracture in the tribes and religion;
The outside foreign powers involved;
The lack of electricity;
The lack of expertise;
The lack of overall wise leaders;
Agricultural issues;
security issues; ........

Umu chineke, should stay united, keep doing the best of ability, help your brothers and sisters when you can, stay alert, and alert your people on attacks from the others. Is more than this but you get the drift...
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by EJEGBULEJE: 8:01am On Feb 19
FarmPlanetNG:
North and hypocrisy. You engage in agricultural projects with the country's finances, then out of sentiments send it to Niger Republic that they are more next of kin than Southern Nigerian, yet you all wanted to die for same religion ticket. The hypocrisy in the north stinks to hell. Since you hate the southerners so badly, please call for referendum so you can go attach to your Niger Republic in peace

Stop being a hypocrite, People seel their items to whoever they dim fit, after all tge items are not banned..

Are you telling me u don't have family members engaged in smuggling??
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by JERRY1925(m): 8:08am On Feb 19
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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by Jamestown123: 8:11am On Feb 19
crossfm:
Hehehe.

Other African countries now see Nigeria as a place to get cheaper food because our currency is very weak. They come and buy food in large quantities back to their countries.

The farmers on the other hand believe they will get a better bargain from foreigners. They said these foreigners don't price too much,and in most cases they don't even inspect the bags as Nigerians do.

This would have been a blessing to Nigeria if the government did their home work well.

Had it been that farmers were secured enough,they would have cultivated more and gotten enough harvest,and we would have been supplying food to other countries.

No matter how we want to see it, insecurity lead us to where we are today. These farmers have been complaining. They pay in millions to bandits during planting and harvest. They must add all those money they paid to these bandits,they can't sell at lost.

It's easy to accuse farmers of sabotage,but remember they are also business men.

As we speak, nothing has been done about insecurity in Nigeria. Farmers are still paying heavily to bandits and we expect a different result next time.

If the remote cause is not urgently addressed
This year challenges will look like a child's play next year. All these propaganda won't be able to help next year.

Some groups of people here was saying rise of dollar is what is causing food scarcity and inflation of food in the country. We don't have security in the country, lack of electricity, increase in fuel and diesel prices, increase in tax and also middlemen wahala, are some of the things causing food prices to go up, but you blame it on dollar, when dollar rising is supposed to be a blessing. Nigerians right now spends about 50 to 60% of their salaries alone on foods. Now imagine if I earn 200$ a month, doing freelance jobs, and I'm in Nigeria, and food is cheap, cost of transportation and daily expenses is cheap, we all won't be complaining na.




Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by FarmPlanetNG: 8:16am On Feb 19
EJEGBULEJE:


Stop being a hypocrite, People seel their items to whoever they dim fit, after all tge items are not banned..

Are you telling me u don't have family members engaged in smuggling??



We all committed to righteousness
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by FarmPlanetNG: 8:16am On Feb 19
Shedrack777:
that not the point. They smuggle it because naira has no value, and they trade it in cefa which yields more gain than selling it here in naija. The government can avert this only if they make the naira valuable (like $1 to N300)


Who funds the project?
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by FarmPlanetNG: 8:16am On Feb 19
obesse:

What do you expect when your own currency is getting weaker by the day. Anybody who knows a little bit of economics would tell you that devaluation of a currency makes it more profitable to sell locally produced goods and services to foreigners. Simple!
Nigerians would prefer to sell our local products to America and Europe and Asia in order to get more dollars. Unfortunately, we do not have the local products which these countries would desire(apart from crude oil).
So the only option is for small countries like Niger Republic, Chad, etc to mop up our agricultural produce, leading to more hunger in Nigeria.
May God help us oooo!




Who funds their farming ?
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by boxypane(m): 8:21am On Feb 19
The efforts of the FG has been commendable, but the efforts will always be in vain since we've seen corruption as a neighbour rather than an enemy. Until these politicians take home pay are reduced, until we start to be a production economy, until corruption is discourage solely by the death penalty, we dey where we dey.
For the records, Tinubu Should revert his policies on floating of Naira.
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by FarmPlanetNG: 8:23am On Feb 19
Kay17:


Trust me, this has nothing to do with religious or ethnic sentiment. It is simple economics. Our weak currency necessarily encourages exports even to neighboring countries. CFA is stronger than naira.

The government is the real culprit.



Who funds their farming oga ?
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by SaLongs1(m): 8:25am On Feb 19
FarmPlanetNG:
North and hypocrisy. You engage in agricultural projects with the country's finances, then out of sentiments send it to Niger Republic that they are more next of kin than Southern Nigerian, yet you all wanted to die for same religion ticket. The hypocrisy in the north stinks to hell. Since you hate the southerners so badly, please call for referendum so you can go attach to your Niger Republic in peace
From religious extremism to economic sabotage it is them.

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Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by RALPHOW(m): 8:25am On Feb 19
If North want to stop supplying food to the south, we too should stop sending Petroleum Products to the North
No fuel tanker should go beyond Kwara State
South will chase out Fulani from our forest and return to farm..
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by malcom1X: 8:41am On Feb 19
Dwaizman:
angry I, went out this morning to check a land sold yesterday close to mine. met hauwa woman this morning, she was plugging a grass seeds.. I asked her what will she use it for (I was thinking it was for medicinal purpose). She said they will fry and eat it, she continued that during buhari military regime, dey parent ate the leaf, for Dem it's d seed. shocked. I asked her again, if the seed is exhausted. What will they eat during rainy season? I got imagining how weed(unwanted plant) will not allow to grow again. I thank God that am a northener but a christain one, at least amidst the hate, we are doing well.

How come christians always think differently. Are they not the same northerners?
Religion is a big issue. Pakistan and India are the same people but due to religion, Pakistan divided and now India which is Hindu is doing well than Pakistan.

There must be something wrong that these guys are doing.

You have a land now and you think properly, don't these people see your progress? Don't they want to be like you?
Why aren't they closer to you to learn from you?
Re: Smuggling: Customs Seizes 15 Trucks Loaded With Food Items In Sokoto by Alamkir: 8:47am On Feb 19
FarmPlanetNG:
North and hypocrisy. You engage in agricultural projects with the country's finances, then out of sentiments send it to Niger Republic that they are more next of kin than Southern Nigerian, yet you all wanted to die for same religion ticket. The hypocrisy in the north stinks to hell. Since you hate the southerners so badly, please call for referendum so you can go attach to your Niger Republic in peace

It's not about hate or anything, it's about money, people are trying to their goods to where there is more gain.

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