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The Federal Government has said potential buyers would have to present their National Identification Number (NIN) as commenced the sale of 30, 000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Nigerians at a subsidised rate of N40,000 per 50 kilograme bag.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, inaugurated the sale of the subsidised milled rice on Thursday in Abuja, noting that the exercise would be carried out across the country.

Kyari said the rice intervention was timely due to the times and current challenges in the country. He said that the Federal Government was aware of the potential challenges associated with the sales of an important staple such as rice, at this critical period.

Verification of buyers

Kyari said that a multi-disciplinary machinery of government had been deployed to ensure the transparency, wider reach, and success of the exercise.

- According to him, the process is structured to ensure that one person does not get more than one 50kg bag of rice.

- He said that intending beneficiaries would be “verified using relevant identification mediums such as the NIN and phone numbers to forestall multiple accesses to the commodity by fraudulent individuals at the detriment of other citizens.”

“In view of the above, I urge our dear citizens to cooperate with the relevant agencies of government who will try to serve you to achieve this great initiative of government.

“It is expected that with the injection of 30,000MT (1000 trucks of 30MT each of this important staple into Nigeria’s food balance sheet, it will not only crash the price of rice but also other closer food substitutes and alternatives,” he said.

Process of purchase

Highlighting the process Nigerians would have to follow to purchase the rice, the Director of Strategic Grains Reserve, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Haruna Sule, said civil servants could access the grains from the point of sale with their Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

“Once you have any of these three, you present it to the sales operators and it is logged on the platform that has been created.

“After this, you proceed to pay electronically with your ATM; once the payment is done, it is linked to the initial sales operator and it shows that you have paid; then a receipt will be issued with a code number,” he explained.

- With the code number, he said the buyer will be issued with a treasury receipt to show that he or she has paid to government.

- The buyer is then given a receipt which shows point of collection and time of collection; this is to eliminate any form of stampede.

- He noted that the point of collection is different from the point of sales, adding that “when you get to the collection point, you present your code to our officials and you will be given a bag of rice.”

- In Abuja, he said the plan is to set up about five to six sales points across the FCT and the duration of the distribution will be for the period they are able to finish sales.

What you should know

The sale of subsidised rice was first announced by the Minister of Information, Idris Mohammed, in July. Following the announcement, the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Human Resources Management Department asked civil servants to register for the sale of the food item.

The government thereafter announced that it had halted the plan without any explanation about the reason.

Source: https://nairametrics.com/2024/09/05/fg-to-use-nin-for-verification-as-it-begins-sale-of-50kg-rice-at-n40000/

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Great100000:
The Federal Government has said potential buyers would have to present their National Identification Number (NIN) as commenced the sale of 30, 000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Nigerians at a subsidised rate of N40,000 per 50 kilograme bag

Are things hard in Nigeria because of rice ?

You can't kill a tree by plucking its leaves. Solve the problem of insecurity in the farms and the price of foodstuff will fall automatically.

Great100000:
■ The Federal Government has said potential buyers would have to present their National Identification Number (NIN) as commenced the sale of 30, 000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Nigerians at a subsidised rate of N40,000 per 50 kilograme bag.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, inaugurated the sale of the subsidised milled rice on Thursday in Abuja, noting that the exercise would be carried out across the country.
Kyari said the rice intervention was timely due to the times and current challenges in the country. He said that the Federal Government was aware of the potential challenges associated with the sales of an important staple such as rice, at this critical period.

Dem wan reload this same scam less than 50 days after the last play? Nigerians una no dey tire for these people fraud? 😲😲😲😲😲
https://x.com/i/status/1831821085047976393

Please, if you can get your hands on the rice, kindly take a picture and post it so we can guesstimate how many bags of rice the Minister of Agriculture sold this time around.

Nigeria is not the world poverty capital for nothing. So people are now lining up to buy a staple food?

Lol.... they have come again with this rice rubbish, I wonder how this will better the lives of the masses.

This administration is totally clueless and Nigerians won't get anything meaningful from it.

Nigeria is a joke

Idiots. You removed subsidy from PMS only to begin subsiding rice. This government's life has spoilt.

bunch of fools

We go use NIN before we fit buy rice at a cheaper price?
The Nigeria citizens deserve the leaders they have. If you come to this forum most times, you go just shake head. People dey suffer but dem go dey here dey defend all sorts of rubbish just because of political affiliation, religion, tribe etc, laslas dem go use a new account to create a post of "PLS HELP ME, MY RENT AND PALMPAY ARE ON MY NECK".
Dear men and women, no pity anybody this period oooooo, let everyone reap the fruit of their choice. 2027, you go still see dem acting this f00lish because of salt and raw rice.
What do I even know sef aside enlightening my fellow men nationwide with the good news.

Oga if you no meet your wife as a virgin, oga go for DNA test oooooo because boreholes aka non-virgins can't be trusted atall atall

For ordinary rice. Una no really rate us o.

See how they use food to WHINE Nigerians in a country of abundance.

SHAME

Rice to fix petrol.prices?.

Ozuor

No no no...APC politicians and supporters are animals I can't believe otherwise

As usual. Solution to every problem is rice

Na wa but is this 40k Rice sustainable.

After one bag finish, does it mean I cannot buy another one?

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People wey really need this rice most no even get NiN .. another rice scam loading again

FG dealt Nigerians a heavy blow through fuel price hike..........Now they are here to pamper them with Rice.

Why rice all the time. Are Nigerians Birds

Rubbish

Call me back when polithiefcians highjack the whole process.

Wahala for ghost citizens. (I.e those who have so much committed crimes that they are scared to go register for nin)

Rice Kimono😂

eseli:
Are things hard in Nigeria because of rice ?

Are u not ashamed that the government u voted for have turned it's citizens to mare moles and zombies

Is this life?

Just to buy rice that is not even cheap.
I will bring my NIN, BVN, PVC, ATM, GCE, NYSC then I will be given PIN CODE for verification. Ahh!!!!

It's finished.

This is good and a brilliant move.

Make the thing dey plenty to go round

To this government, the solution for any problem it faces is RICE!

We are in a RICETOCRATIC Government

LMAO

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