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Superb!

So what's Ambo's aim??
*in Keneking's voice* Amazing response!

"The illegal refineries should be legalised, and it will help the country get out of the current problems. " - Ben Murray-Bruce 2017

Geeez!

obiageIi:
Once beaten twice shy, Buhari knows this (the north is waiting) and knows the vultures are waiting.
Buhari's resignation has no positive impact on this nation, the negatives can only be imagined.

God bless you!

No source??

www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38795673
Why does Nigeria import so much rice?


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Rice is a big deal in Nigeria. People love eating it. So the BBC's Ijeoma Ndukwe asks: why don't they grow more of it instead of importing so much?

A long line of customers queue along a glass divide separating them from a rice food station at an eatery in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. Diners can choose between white rice, fried rice and jollof at this popular local restaurant known as "The White House".

A steady flow of customers is served in the main hall, and in two packed adjoining rooms diners are enjoying Nigerian dishes.

Rice is the basis of the popular national dish jollof and a staple across the country.

The problem is not a lack of land, or that there are not enough people to grow it in Africa's most populous country.

During the grain market crisis eight years ago, Nigeria experienced shortages in rice that made the country rethink its food security and ability to supply the local market.

As a result, President Muhammadu Buhari has made rice farming a priority.

Nigerians' appetite for rice means that the country imported nearly 17 million tonnes of it over the past five years. Duties for imported rice are currently 60% and consumers have seen the price of a bag of rice double in the past 12 months.

Many domestic players have been entering the market. Olam, a multi-national agribusiness, set up a rice farm in 2012 in response to government calls for local players to help feed the 170 million Nigerians.

Nigeria's rice in numbers
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Imported nearly 17 million tonnes over the past five years
Imported 2.3 million tonnes in 2016
2016 demand was 5.2 million tonnes
Spends $5m (£4m) a day for rice shipments
Rice accounted for 1.26% of the entire budget for 2017

It is a bumpy journey to Olam's farm in Rukubi village close to the Benue River in Nasarawa State. The lush green fields of the farm are an oasis among miles and miles of dusty red road and bushes.

Large metal silos carrying 228,000 tonnes of rice rise up from the ground, gleaming in the scorching afternoon sun. Manager Anil Nair, drives us around 4,500 hectares of the farm and mill.

Most of the farm hands have finished work for the day. They usually work in the rice paddies from 07:00, before the sun gets too hot. Only a few women remain, standing ankle deep in the paddies, planting rice seedlings.

This is one of the largest rice farms in Nigeria and although it grows 50,000 tonnes each year, that is still just a small fraction of the country's demand.

Since 2011 Nigeria has imported more than 17 million tonnes of rice
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the country imported 2.3 million tonnes in 2016, about half of the country's estimated requirements.

Minister of Agriculture Audu Ogbeh says that the culture of importation has to stop.

"We can't afford $5m a day for rice shipments in this country. It's gone on for 40 years. And I assure you that it's our reckless policy of importation that's brought Nigeria down to where she is now.

Those who keep talking of imports either don't mean Nigeria well or simply refuse to recognise the fact that we can't afford the imports."

However, most farmers in Nigeria are small scale and struggle to get the financing they need to improve farming methods and boost their yield.

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Members of the Rice Farming Association of Nigeria say they can only access high-interest loans from commercial banks.

Joseph Jatau Kudu has been farming near the town of Doma in Nasarawa State since 1982. He says the banks charge as much as 30% to lend money.

"It's too high. We end up earning nothing," he says.

Without the capital to mechanise, workers must do everything on his 15-hectare farm by hand.

"Sometimes the tractors are not available. So now I'm using manual labour. It's not as effective as in the case of using a tractor and it's one of the reasons I can't expand."

'Pipe dream'

The agriculture minister claims that Nigeria will become self-sufficient in rice production by the end of the year.

However, critics of government policy not only point to a lack of spending on agriculture, but also to an under-investment in the entire value-chain for rice, from field to cooking pot.

Ninety two billion naira ($302m; £240m) was assigned to the sector in the 2017 budget - only 1.26% of the entire budget for the year.

AgroNigeria's Managing Director Richard Mbaram says that achieving self-sufficiency in the next couple of years is merely a "pipe dream".

"Rice production isn't willed into existence. It is cultivated and systematically sown.

"There is research, there is mechanisation, there is warehousing and storage. There is market opening and market access.

"You cannot drive industrialisation or agro-industrialisation without connecting the farm gate where the production is happening. Do we have that? We're very far back in terms of achieving that."

In the meantime, Nigerians' appetite for rice shows no sign of slowing down.

enemmo:
#Istandwithfreeze. Seperate the messenger from the message.99percent of the time,Freeze makes a lot of sense to me.I remember clearly when he warned people about MMM and he got bashed for that. He was saying the whole truth. How are we going to build our economy with HYIP?I am a victim of such and I learnt my lessons the hard way.

Happy birthday!

hmmm...ndi bloggers sef!

Godspeed!

We'll surely get to the stage where announcements are made before power outages. And not after.

GMBuhari:
Same story in Zimbabwe Hehehe

If your mavro does return it'll be devalued

Oh and once you cash out the smallest amount possible, your Accoubt is canceled to gH or pH you have to open different acct


Show us some screenshots though

Culled:: https://www.nairaland.com/3525372/mmm-nigeria-how-mmm-zimbabwe

Amen! N'anha Jesus!!

APC allegedly invaded the state with security agencies who allegedly maimed and killed innocent voters with an intention to allegedly rig elections.

An overdose of allegedly

Mr Tikare Danjuma (a Niger Delta son) is not the same person as T.Y. Danjuma (the retired general)


Niger Delta Liberation Force Endorses Tikari’s Appointment
http://watchdogreporters.net/niger-delta-liberation-force-endorse-tikaris-appointment/

TY Danjuma denies any role in Niger Delta programme
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/216313-ty-danjuma-denies-role-niger-delta-programme.html

Beautiful!
Now they won't be sitting ducks.

Nice.

But wait o...
You slept over?

@Ojez Bar
This early morning?

bejeiodus:
I look forward to the day elections will be held in this country with minimal police and military presence. The win at all cost attitude of many politicians is the chief reason why our elections are massively policed. People should be able to cast their vote and go about their normal business thereafter. But everywhere is always on a lockdown when elections are being held. Our democracy is still a toddler despite being almost two decades old!

Really sad! I look forward to that day too.

Ondo poll: Police to deploy 26,000 personnel, 3 helicopters, 12 APCs, 20 gunboats

Akure – The Nigeria Police Force said that it would deploy 26,000 personnel , three helicopters, 12 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and 20 gunboats for the Nov.26 governorship election in Ondo State.

The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Ibrahim Idris, said this on Tuesday in Akure during a meeting he held with INEC officials and representatives of the political parties in the state.

“Twenty-six thousand police officers will be deployed in the state, and five officers will be at each polling unit during the election.
“ Also, 20 gunboats will be deployed in the water ways to ensure maximum security along the riverine areaa while three helicopters will be patrolling at each of the three senatorial districts of the state,” he said.

Idris added that three commissioners of police would be in the state for special operations during the election, while 12 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) would be deployed in some strategic areas.

The police who boss warned all security agents to always attach their name tags to their uniforms; threatened that anyone caught disobeying the order would be arrested.

He also said that the security personnel should restrict themselves to their designated posts.
He, however, warned the electorate to shun violence before, during and after the election, and urged the public to cooperate with security agencies in ensuring a peaceful conduct of the election.

“We cannot do it alone because security is the responsibility of all,” he said.

- Vanguard News

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/ondo-poll-police-deploy-26000-personnel-3-helicopters-12-apcs-20-gunboats/

Cc: Mynd44, OAM4J

Oluwolex2000:
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See excerpt below:
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Hope this helps. Cheers.

Nice one!

I like him already!

A blend of fineness! More of God blessings on the union, bro.

kcnwaigbo:
I watched the video and it is just as it was stated in the print media



According to him, the NJC took the new stand, “following communications it received from the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice that he was embarking on the prosecution of the affected judicial officers based on the evidence on the ground


How does this translate to the claim that the NJC was shown any evidence? Am even pissed with you for making me waste my precious MB in watching that

This answers all. I blame those arguing with you.

Izonpikin:
Picture of him weeping or this madness of a news should stop on news papers...which weep


The same man who wiped off over 200 shiite muslims

Give me a freaking break...lies everywhere...

It is sad the degrading levels these news vendors have gone to. Freedom of information should not be abused.

I pray the families of the fallen gallants find the strength to bear.

kaltonga:
i taught some mango headed homo sapiens claim zero case of erosion in there regions?

It's spelt thought.
Don't mention.

Nice one. Hopefully, Abia state will be captured in subsequent allocations.

A judge came up with this??

Congratulations.
Please don't get your wigs filthy. Thanks