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Blue3k2:
No it didn't. Rice importation is actually set to rise this year. Production grew but it certainly no where close to consumption. Thai Rice imports dropped last year.

Whether importation is set to rise or not doesn't negate the government proposed plan to ban importation of rice - Life is all about making hard choices. I think it is a good policy which we should key into. At the end of the year, we take stock of progress made and make corrections as appropriate.

Back in the early eighties we were used to government coming up with short, medium, and long time development plans at year's end. Those whose means of livelihood depends on rice should start adapting now. The ricemania need to stop

I think the study by DFID posted below should shed more light on the issue


States producing 5.7 million metric tonnes of rice – DFID

http://punchng.com/states-producing-5-7-million-metric-tonnes-of-rice-dfid/


The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has said that 18 states in Nigeria now produce about 5.7 million metric tonnes of milled rice, bringing the country’s production closer to the seven million metric tonnes projected milled rice requirement for 2016.

According to a report on Growth and Employment in States, which was funded by the DFID, the 18 states were selected based on their contributions to national rice production as per the 2015 Agricultural Production Survey.

The April 2017 report, which was titled, ‘Mapping of rice production clusters in Nigeria’, and was made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, noted that in the 18 states, rice farming was widely spread across 165 clusters and 2,812 sub-clusters.

It said, “The 2016 total paddy production estimate is put at 17.5 million tonnes with a marketing surplus after post-harvest losses and domestic use of 11.4 million tonnes, equivalent to 5.7 million tonnes milled rice.

“This is just below the total national demand for rice, which was projected to reach seven million tonnes in 2016, and it implies that the country is progressing towards its goal of rice self-sufficiency.”

The report noted that Kebbi State led the pack with the production at 3.56 million metric tonnes for the wet and dry seasons combined, followed by Kano at 2.82 million metric tonnes.

Kebbi produced 2.05 million metric tonnes in the wet season and 1.51 million metric tonnes in the dry season, while Kano produced 1.86 million metric tonnes and 0.96 million metric tonnes during the wet and dry seasons, respectively in the same period.

It, however, stated that only 10 of the 18 states were involved in the dry season production of rice, contributing 26.57 per cent of the total production.

The DFID report stated that a mapping exercise of rice production clusters through researchers’ and enumerators’ visits to rice production locations was carried out in the 18 states, which include Bauchi, Benue, Ebonyi, Ekiti, the Federal Capital Territory, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Kebbi.

Others are Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara states.

Commenting on the development, an Abuja-based rice farmer and Head, Modern Agriculture Farms, Mr. Suleiman Kutunku, said Nigeria would have met the seven million metric tonnes target if not for the massive export of locally produced rice.

He said, “The problem we have why you may say we are not self-sufficient is because we allow what we produce to go out of the country. About 50 per cent of our produce is exported out of Nigeria by rice farmers, and this is the major cause for rice scarcity in some areas today.

“Had it been we stopped the export of grains, the rice production of last year alone was okay for us to say that we have attained sufficiency. But many rice farmers needed extra cash and so they preferred selling to other countries in order to make more income, hence depleting the availability of the commodity in Nigeria.

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For a thousand shekel your brain was reformatted and you wan me to join you in such self delusion.

shadowsblu:
Bleep YOU MAN ... GO TO HELL

Hian, See ingrate. I blame those who fell for your ruse.

A very useless post
Because he made much ego from indulging in an abominable enterprise he is now a role model
Some people with their pathologic attachment to wealth at whatever cost is nauseating. Again a useless post that shat should be deleted.

5-0. OK, Something unusual actually happened.Has just been told that the Spanish ordered a stop to the match to prevent score from reaching 5_0 as FIFA has a mandatory order in place for the balloon Dior and the FIFA club world cup be withdrawn if that score ever repeats itself again in any match between barca and RM

Noe the troubles on PDP is now being attributed to the ruling party. That is allowed so long you stay within the confines of party politics. Me think there are many subterranean ways to finish off PDP. Left for the Hawks in APC eg Tinubu, El Rifai, Rotimi but I have a feeling that Baba is the one holding the back. Politically he is too naive. He should know that in Nigerian politics, once your enemy falters and goes down you finish him off into to. No second chance to breath free air.

anonimi:
I agree with you that the statement from Secondus is totally uncalled for.
I hope he redresses his brain and mouth accordingly.
Cheers.

I hope so too for your sake and also for old time sake. Life can be funny. Many things that are visible from the kitchen window to even a toddler appears difficult for many with requisite ways and mean to grasp. Imagine making Second us Chairman of a party as big and as diverse as PDP.. Where will he get the capacity to leader. From Wine or Fayose. All what he knows about politic was learnt fom rough lane of political thuggery. I wish you all luck in all your undertakings excepting a whiff of Aso rock

anonimi:
Na so oh.
Another propaganda montage by the All Poverty Congress, APC.

Surprised your usual picture parade is missing here. Abi, there is none to match the issue under discuss or your comment. O don't know who will be hospitalised first, you or Secondus that is seeing prisons in his dreams.

I have come to notice that efforts to make PDP a viable opposition party emanates from those without while those within are at one another throats seeking for the jugular/carotid of their fellow bedmates to severe. Add to this quagmire is the penchant of peripheral PDP jingoists without the capacity to fathom that the edifice called PDP is crumbling. Rather than focus on the real enemies within, they will rather blame unconcerned bystanders for their misfortune. I wish 2019 election can just hold today so serious minded patriots can move ahead with the onerous task of nation building.

Good morning fellow NLders
I m a newbie in businesss session. The first thread I ppened ccoincidentally was about scammers in business sessiom. My purpose of being here is to get a link to a reliable wholesale dealer on imported used clothes. That is what my missus wishes to trade in I.e used foreign clothes. Anybody with info or link to a reliable dealer (s) should kindly post it here. I will reach out to such person. Thank you.

Something must have gone wrong. Details of what actually transpired is needed to enable one make the right judgement. However, one will not be utterly surprised at such behaviour from other mothers cover the tendencies of the Igbinedions towards ostentatious display of opulence. I can still magine her stopping her car in the middle of the busy road to the school, glass wound down, neck stuck out through the window and noisily chatting with a co-amebo across the road while traffic piles up behind her.
Nobody should ask me how I knew. I am a victim of such nuisance on a daily basis when dropping the kids at school here in Warri.

Stingman:
Fool...sorry follysho...why is that a thing of joy for you?

That's why we want Biafra..when we will have a befitting Internation airport like other smaller countries like Ghana...

Did you see in this pic that Ghana airways is functional while that of the big for nothing Nigeria has since died?

With Biafra, airport authority won't wait for the period its citizens are arriving for Christmas to do the repairs...

Biafra Airport Authority you said. Nna do you wanna spend your Xmas/NY behind bars.

AkupeMBANO:
my brother Abia state is owing 6months arrears, appreciate what you have.

I appreciate and love my state but not a governor. who after collecting funds on behave of a people refuses to uphold his obligation to the people. Sorry we don't tolerate that here in Delta state

Hairyrapunzel:
I don't think you work in delta

Says who? A mad*man from nowhere.

SillyMods:
The only way PDP can return to the presidency is through the back door.

There are far more sane Nigerians than insane ones.

Check this PDP's poll even during recession.

Una think say we dey mad?

Thank you for the info. I just wonder why people with intact , functioning brain can still be saying that name. If PDP is the air I breath I will choose euthanasia.

Bigii:
Only November and you're lamenting as if it's 12month salaries. Go and ask Benue and Kogi state workers you go know how far.

Here in Delta state, we refused to be used for political ritual such that we loose our sense of orientation of when last salaries were paid

OKOWA Should be told you pay workers salaries. Workers in Delta state are groaning from the effect of his deliberate refusal to pay November salary. Yes November salary! Decembers salary is not even under consideration. Expectedly he may have used the state November allocation to host the PDP Convention but he should be told to at least pay December salary.

HABA PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING Gov Okowa!

FastShipping:
APP became ANPP and ANPP metmorphosed into CPC and CPC merged with coalition of political parties that ultimately became APC.

Buhari never jumped from one party to another like Atiku has been doing. Atiku would have stayed with APC if Buhari wasn't contesting for reelection. Atiku once declared PDP "dead" in 2014. Surprisingly, he's now back in PDP.

I'm not even a Buhari fan but I needed to educate you a bit

Faatshipping,a known Generalissimo of NL politics. Long time AWOL. Glad seeing some of the old brigade trikle into the political session. I hope to have some good time again as Nigerian history will be retold several times over during this campaign period. Good morning.

deji17:
PDP is broke, and this is how you will know. The picture says a lot about the current economic situation of PDP.
PDP is owing their workers many months of salary and has laid off many of them. This prove that PDP and FG were operating joint account in the past.
So when they bark like rabid aja, people should understand where their frustration is coming from


PDP for the 1st time had a convention without Asoebi. Alhaji Sule Lamido had to visit his wardrobe of 5yrs ago to dig out his buried 2012 Asoebi

Thank you for revealing this news. I may just be of help.Any idea of what they are willing to offer for a
bailout.

Hmmmmmmm

I laugh in 2ndus position
I do hope we get a keenly contested contest but I think PDP odx coming into the race mortally handicapped due to voters awareness that will make it difficult to rig massively by intimidating , maiming, killing those who resist them alias do or die politics.

freeze001:
To the topic, what is your view about the new NJC regilations . which even members of the bars expressed concern about. Does the rule support your assertion that the judiciary can self regulat

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/190087-why-new-judicial-regulations-will-embolden-corrupt-judges-group.html

U fail to understand these provisions. If a civil servant is caught in the act of armed robbery, rape or issuing a dud cheque for instance, these offences have nothing to do with his employment so civil service rules do not apply. However, if a serving director fraudulently defrauds his office, his removal from office is only on the strength of an internal administrative process where he must have been heard, found wanting and subsequently suspended or dismissed to allow for further investigation and prosecution.

Subjecting a serving judge to the acrimonious process of an external investigation and prosecution taints the integrity of the judiciary. That is why the NJC must first be invited to first strip an offending judge of his office provided his offence is one committed in the course of his statutory duties eg taking bribes, failing to give judgment within stipulated time and so on. It is the NJC that has power to discipline judges. Do not forget the principle of separation of powers.

Mr man, may I ask if you are conversant with civil service rules. That rape and robbery offences are outside of civil get vice regilations. This is alien propaganda to say the least.

Why new judicial regulations will embolden corrupt judges – Group
September 15, 2015Ben Ezeamalu
Courtroom
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The recent revision of the Judicial Discipline Regulations‎ published by the National Judicial Council will hurt the fight against corrupt judges, Access to Justice, a justice advocacy group, has said.
In a statement issued in Lagos, the group said that while the revision is aimed at curtailing frivolous petitions against judges, it would weaken the integrity of the judiciary.
“We urge the NJC to revisit the new Rules again and remove provisions which fetter the right and ability of citizens to make bona fide representations to the Council which the Council will act on, and provisions which limit the Council’s own power to tackle misconduct and corruption and those who engage in or profit from it,” said Joseph Otteh, Director, Access to Justice.
‎The revised regulations state new rules governing the receipt and consideration of complaints against judges.
‎A few weeks ago, a mother of four, Emily Richard-Obire, filed a petition against Olamide Oloyede, a judge in Osun State, accusing her of amorous relationship with her husband.
Ms. Oloyede shot into national prominence after she submitted a petition to the Osun State House of Assembly‎ calling for the impeachment of Rauf Aregbesola, the state governor, for alleged financial recklessness.
Revised regulations
According to Mr. Otteh, the NJC’s regulation placing a time limit on petitions is “overtly intrusive.”
Rule 4(1) of the revised regulations states: “A complaint must be made within six months of the event or matter complained of, provided a complaint relating to a continuing state of affairs may be made at any time while the state of affairs continues or within six months from when it ends”.


Mr. Otteh said that in many instances, cases of misconduct, particularly those concerning corruption occurring in the course of a judicial adjudication are only known after the fact, and there is usually no timeline for coming to the knowledge.
“In most cases, the corrupt conduct of a judicial officer may only become public knowledge following a careless slip or from the irrepressible work of investigative reporters,” Mr. Otteh said.
“Whenever the facts become known, let due process follow. There should be no statute of limitations applicable to judicial corruption or misconduct. Our fight against corruption in the administration of justice ought to run a free course.”
On another part of the regulation that requires a complainant to be‎ “accompanied by a verifying affidavit deposed before a court of record,” Mr. Otteh said that it‎ stretches the responsibility for credibility “a little too far”.
“It also technicalizes what ought to be simple, accessible and straightforward procedure or action for two major reasons: first, many otherwise valid complaints may be made by people who lack information of the technical requirements now being imposed by the Council,” said Mr. Otteh.
“If aggrieved people make credible complaints against judges and these complaints are peremptorily discountenanced because they have not complied with a stated procedure or because they lack some formality, the Judiciary deprives itself of fair and early warning that a person of questionable integrity may be in its midst.
“This will not do justice to the complainant, to the cause of justice, nor, too, to the Judiciary and society. Insisting that whistle-blowers or informants must verify the ‘truth of the facts alleged’ can act as a strong disincentive to whistle-blowers or informants (who already run risks for leaking relevant information) to come forward with that disclosure.
“Effective complaint systems encourage, and not stifle feedbacks or complaints even when offered anonymously.”
Access to Justice‎ further stated that the primary concern of the NJC should be seeking ways to eradicate corruption within the judiciary and not limiting the channels of exposing it.
“In fairness, the NJC must concede that the rule is also possible to misconstrue even by people with reasonable literacy levels,” said Mr. Otteh.


“In any event, it should be said that the duty to investigate, verify and substantiate a complaint in relation to a crime is the responsibility of the police, in the same way it is the responsibility of a disciplinary body like the NJC and not the complainant to investigate and substantiate a complaint. There is no legal justification for pushing that duty to the complainant.
“We understand that the NJC, by these Guidelines, wants to safeguard against unnecessary petitions but that objective can be achieved without encumbering the accessibility of the NJC’s complaint process with unnecessary legalisms.
“While A2Justice will support efforts to reduce inordinate pressures on time and concentration of judges, we urge that judicial integrity should not be sacrificed for technicalities of form and time.”

Keneking:
See how apc members would avoid this thread

It is only fair to avoid it cos when u hear or see the name Secondus , one immediately thinks of theblood soaked leprous hands of Wike. I've stayed too long already . I'm Outa here

Mynd44:
The only person that can share Kano votes (not the North Oyo) is Kwankwaso.

Did y'all learn from 2015?

Time has shown that they never learnt and will likely never will. And by the way why dissuade them from what gives them orgasm.

TonyeBarcanista:
This is a victory to a cabal in PDP and not Nigeria!!!


Though I'm still in Eagles Square...

UP Secondus

Hmmmmmm

Morning Tonye, after listening to Gov Fayosr on AIT while the count was ongoing which you may not have had time to watch I f3el your post should be put in its right perspecyive. His speech and body language pptrayed the whole process being subject to the dictate of a few and that no authority can change it. Not even our legal system where disputes are taken to for resolution. Well, what's my own self? I thought old things had truly passed away.
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Hmmmmm
You can try taking away wuruwuru from PDP but one cant take PDP away from wuruwurur pr do or die politics . @Tonye, please tell the Cjaitma , Coventtion planning committee to come perform his constitutional responsibilities,, chiefly to come pay workers salaties. We learnt he ran to Abuja soon after collecting monthly allocation and Paris club refund money

Hmmmmm

Where is Barcanista on a day like this. Tonye, are you commenting with another moniker.. The issue in the newss is the coronatinof Amayanabo of Okrika( your acestra town . I am surprised Mama Peace is no where t be see ona day like like this even though it is not an occasion for the womenfolk but giving herantecedets, I doubt if any human or ancestry proclamation could ave prevented her from storming the venue fors a famous declaration tat evethougTom is now wearing an ancestral garb, s hismanhood will forever remain where it will be most productive, in Lagos andPH

I have about N450,000 ordersd googs waiting to be paid for. Jumia host toying with me with their erratic Jumia pay masquaraje all day long. My patience is below red line already. Cancellation of order on my mind right now.

Olukat:
My friend go through that pix well
HRM Deitte Spiff is there and other respected Elders of the region.
It's so right when Obasanjo faints before Oni of Ife but wrong when Pres. GEJ stands before his kings.
Hypocrite fear God na

Can you kindly point out HRM in the pics? While at it, please enlighten me how a visiting King, especially in Bayelsa state, is seated in gatherings such as this.

TonyeBarcanista:
I agree with you that Jonathan should have delegated a spokesman to do the talking as an elder. Perhaps, he's being too simplistic!

But I feel he did that out of respect for the office of the Governor that he once occupied... But from your angle as an African and a Niger Deltan, you are very correct...

Meanwhile, I missed your point on the liquor..




As for Eva, perhaps he was part of Dickhead's entourage...

Dickhead, you call him? You hate him that much?
Well, if the Eva is from Dickson, whoever placed it on the table of elders should have had his ancestry questioned.

Anyway, I am just trying not to suffer cultural estrangement.