malali:
This is an Intelligent Decision by Niger state Governor.

[color=#990000][b]Controlling the open market to prevent bulk buyers from causing scarcity for small retail buyers involves implementing various measures and strategies:

Regulatory Policies: Implement regulations to prevent hoarding and price manipulation by bulk buyers. This may include setting limits on the quantity of goods an individual or entity can purchase within a specific timeframe.

Market Monitoring: Establish mechanisms for monitoring market activities to detect irregularities such as hoarding or price gouging. This could involve regulatory bodies, market surveillance teams, or technology-driven solutions like data analytics to track market trends and detect anomalies.

Price Controls: Consider implementing price controls or price ceilings on essential food items to prevent excessive price hikes that disproportionately affect small retail buyers. However, this approach should be carefully implemented to avoid unintended consequences such as black markets or reduced supply due to unprofitability.

Supply Chain Management: Improve supply chain management to ensure efficient distribution of goods from producers to retailers. This includes addressing logistical challenges, improving infrastructure, and promoting transparency and fairness in the supply chain.

Support for Small Retailers: Provide support and incentives for small retailers to enhance their purchasing power and competitiveness. This could include access to credit, training programs, and cooperative purchasing arrangements to leverage economies of scale.

Market Information: Facilitate access to timely and accurate market information for both bulk buyers and small retailers. This empowers market participants to make informed decisions and reduces the likelihood of sudden shortages or price spikes.

Promote Competition: Encourage competition in the market by reducing barriers to entry for new players and fostering a diverse supplier base. This can help mitigate the dominance of large bulk buyers and create a more level playing field for small retailers.

Public Awareness and Education: Raise public awareness about responsible consumption practices and the impact of hoarding on market stability. Educating consumers about their rights and responsibilities can help foster a culture of fair trade and discourage speculative behavior.

By implementing a combination of regulatory measures, market monitoring, supply chain improvements, support for small retailers, and promoting competition and consumer education, authorities can better control the open market and mitigate the adverse effects of bulk buyers on small retail buyers.[/b][/
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It's okay but it has side effects.
Niger state doesn't have good storage facilities for the perishable goods, which they produce in large quantities.
The State revenue will drop drastically because most IGR comes from sales of farm produce.
What happens to weekly markets like Madala market, Lambata market, Dikko market etc, where people come from other states to purchase food items, is Governor shutting those markets down?

iyke2frankeze:

So you expect someone to travel from the South to the North to buy 100 cups of beans, abi?

You can see he used ChatGPT ...
Many of them don't have common sense

Since the food scarcity issue started, no governor or government official has been bold enough to mention one of the highest contributing factor - Fulani terrorists

It's okay but it has side effects.
Niger state doesn't have good storage facilities for the perishable goods, which they produce in large quantities.
The State revenue will drop drastically because most IGR comes from sales of farm produce.
What happens to weekly markets like Madala market, Lambata market, Dikko market etc, where people come from other states to purchase food items, is Governor shutting those markets down?

Jeje247:
I wish the southern governors are smart enough to seek sustainable alternatives before he wakes up from his drunkenness so that by that time his people will have no market to sell to. Let them be selling to mali and Burkina Faso

I dey tell you baba

The southwest states have to embrace farming on a massive scale. There is a lot of unutilized land in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo etc. Hectares of land that can be farmed productively. We can plant Guinea Corn, Maize and Millet massively in Yoruba land. Cultivars and Species of these cereals can grow in the South-West. We should also use every available space to plant kitchen crops in the southwest. So many information online. The government should give seeds to the people and clear land for them. The people will do the rest. Cheers.

Naija is crumbling

buharibanjo:


Source: https://dailypost.ng/2024/02/09/hardship-niger-gov-bans-bulk-sale-of-food-items-orders-confiscation-of-trucks-carrying-foodstuff/

these people usually think from their anus.

can Niger state consume all the food it is producing?

what happens to what It cannot consume? does the state have facilities to preserve them?

what will happen to the income of the farmers whose products were being sold to other states?

Our Niger Delta oil distribution must be stopped for now. Pls.. ASAP....

Chimarto:
They're benefiting from our oil free of charge and they don't want us to buy food with our own money?

Is the We.st that cos this unity else they won't have been holding the south to his balls . Let open our border for food importation quickly.


Make I hold this my one bag of rice very well, I will never complain because I'm learning the political lesson the EBI PAWAers are teaching us.

oga return back to ur farm stop waiting for northerners to supply you with food

APC governments and pronouncing bans. It's almost like we're under the military. These politicians just make stupid knee jerk reactive decisions without properly thinking beforehand. Is this how they want to govern by trial and error for the next 3+ years?

Then you buy the excesses from the farmers.

A governor banning good distribution to another state ?

One Nigeria nonsense
But crude oil is free

The rainy season will be around by April 2024. Please, plant crops in your compound ( If you live in your own house ) or look for land in your area to cultivate. There are plots of land in your area that the owners have left undeveloped ( they only left at foundation level or have built nothing on it ). Get access to those lands ( ask for permission ) and plant vegetables and maize, yam, cassava etc there Raise rabbits and chickens in your home. You can even buy 8-12 layers and raise them in a cage behind your house for eggs. Give them feed sometimes, leftover food , spent grains sometimes. At least you will have eggs to eat in your home. You will even have at least half crate of eggs to sell every weekend .Cheers .

Fiscus105:




If the farmers in the state produce "more that normally" as u are projecting, would scarcity of food be experiencing in the state?

If you a father of four children and u have 3 bags of rice now, will you sell them all because the prices of rice skyrocketed in the market? Is that rational way of making bountiful profit?

Won't you keep it to go round the family interim until things come down to normally?


If they open gate and all the farm produces sold off in Niger State to other states, what would be the faith of citizens going forward? Remember this is early February o.


IF YOU HINGE UR ARGUMENT ON ILLEGALITY OF BLOCKING SALES WITHIN NIGERIA TERRITORY, THATS IS NORMALLY, BUT YOUR ARGUMENT UP THERE IS PURE IRRATIONAL AND ILLOGICAL.

if the same policy announced in India or advanced countries now, you would praise them that they are leaders who know how to take care of their citizens, but in Naija, you are wailing as usual.

Good morning wailing wailer!

Am not a wailer.please for clarity my reply to your comment is in the aftermath of the governor's policy. That is,the after effect of what will happen in Niger state....soon

E don be be dt

Yashita:


The question is, “why do you feel the need to go to the north to buy food? Are your own lands not arable? What are we doing with the large barelands on those long travel roads? Why are we not turning them into farmlands?

Nigerians need to break free from this importation mentality

Certain crops can grow very well in the North but not in the south while some grow in the south but not in the North. If we are one country as they claim, there is no need for that action.

The root cause of the problem is the exchange rate skyrocketing, tell the president to go back to the dollar rate and do the needful with the exchange rate rather than banning sales of commodities

It's a good move, the Oil producing states should also ensure that the proceed from the oil is given to them alone.

buharibanjo:

“Anybody found doing that, we have given some security agencies go ahead to confiscate those trucks and share the food to the people.”

God bless the Jagaban of Africa 🙌

eastcoast100:

Why do you enjoy insulting Christians, even though you are claiming to be wanabe Atheist?
I have never seen you insulting Moslem...

How is this an insult ?

Righthussle:
I'm always surprised when Christians complain about hardship. It's either they don't know how powerful their god is, or their god has lost his power, or they're not asking in the proper name of their god. A god that turned water to wine in a party should be able to turn sand to rice or garri, stones to pieces of meat in a time like this for his worshippers. Just ask

John 14:14, If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

Get well soon.

BayLord01:
Do you even read the news at all? This is not Niger state but Niger republic

Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State

I don’t quote dumb people but unfortunately I have to at this point

FutureFocus:
Every state should take food security seriously ,
Those unused land should be used for farming, your youth can not be sitting idle all days pressing phones and be expecting food to be imported at cheap price, arrest them and send them to the farm by force by fire.

Government officials suvs should be confiscated, sold and the proceeds use to buy tractors for farmers.

Good sense. But I don't support the arresting part though. Encourage is the better word

efemena5050:
Am not a wailer.please for clarity my reply to your comment is in the aftermath of the governor's policy. That is,the after effect of what will happen in Niger state....soon

I'm not the one you replied, I constraint to post anything on the thread initially, I choose to reply what you commented, base on wrong and false analysis you gave the other guy.


For the rest that are attacking with senseless ARGUMENTS, I don't think a rational human should engage argument with them.

If Mr Gov can create his own farmland for massive produce it could have been better. Kidnapping and bandits have taken over everywhere and no price controls in the country allow the poor farmer to breathe. Nigeria belongs to Nigerians not Niger.

This is indirectly asking other states to ingage positively to it's farming to be fit to feed it's inhabitants. Well, this isn't too bad, so many lands has been vacant enough, Nigerians has refused to farm, we are on the verge were your money won't be able to buy you food items / farm produce, except the ones you harvest from your farm. I still remember how President Buhari adviced Nigerians to embrace farming, but we thought it was some kind of joke.

FutureFocus:
Every state should take food security seriously ,
Those unused land should be used for farming, your youth can not be sitting idle all days pressing phones and be expecting food to be imported at cheap price, arrest them and send them to the farm by force by fire.

Government officials suvs should be confiscated, sold and the proceeds use to buy tractors for farmers.

Nice advise, but let me ask yhu, how many hectares of land are yhu and yhur family members currently farming?

Because they say, " charity begins at home".



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eastcoast100:

Why do you enjoy insulting Christians, even though you are claiming to be wanabe Atheist?
I have never seen you insulting Moslem...

He’s trying to turn you away from fantasy of religion and bring you to reality, don’t mind him.

He think say he wise.

The current govt policies n inadequacies, ripple effects, hmm na Igbo cus am, Mc Oluomo come chase Igbo out of Lagos, that il solve this whole problems.🙄🙄🙄🥱🥱🥱🥱