NIGERIANS ARE HUNGRY, SULTAN OF SOKOTO LAMENTS, URGES CUSTOMS TO LIFT BAN ON IMPORTATION OF RICE
written by Our Reporter
June 14, 2016
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The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the Nigeria

Customs Service to consider lifting the ban on importation of rice through
the land borders.

The Sultan made the call when the Comptroller-General of the Service, Col.
Hameed Ali (retd), visited him in his palace in Sokoto on Monday.

He said that the order had brought hardship on the Nigerian masses as it
had aggravated scarcity of the commodity in the country.

”The policy should be revisited with a view to make amends and ameliorate
the suffering of Nigerians,” he added.

The sultan said that he had been receiving “cries’’ from the masses on
their plight over hardship in the land, and appealed to the service to
address the issue urgently.

”There is no food in the country hence the need for the borders to be
reopened for rice importation,” he said.

He, however, commended the renewed efforts of the Federal Government to
boost domestic production of rice.

The monarch assured that the traditional institution would continue to
sensitize the people to the need to support the policies of government at
all levels.

He condemned smuggling and charged the service to mobilize the people to
offer information that could aid the arrest and prosecution of
perpetrators.

”Nigerians must be duly informed about the negative effect smuggling has
on the nation’s economy,” he said. Earlier, Ali had said that he was in
Sokoto to effectiveness of enforcement of the ban on rice importation
through land borders.

He said that the order was a measure by the Federal government to
encourage and protect local production of the commodity. Ali solicited the
support of the Sultanate council in ensuring the success of the fight
against smuggling.

http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/nigerians-hungry-sultan-sokoto-laments-urges-customs-lift-ban-importation-rice/

The last time there was hike in price of imported rice.
The effect was so highly felt in the North, so much that the Sultan of Sokoto had to intervene.

The North depends highly on foreign rice to to complement whatever they produce. SW not only depend on Foreign rice, they also depend on Kebbi for local rice.


This is the reality on ground, not some silly stats made up by an Afonja Muslim called Sule to get his fellow afonjas thumping their chests like chimpanzees.

pazienza:


You are profoundly retarded.
The links are all going.

What is the aim of this thread? to show that SW produce more rice than SE?

What does it matter when what SW produce is not sufficient for her, as she still import locally from Kebbi (which by the way is conspicuously missing from your ewedu stats) as well as imports from Thailand and India.
Does SW export rice to SE? NO
We eat our locally produced rice here, sourced mainly from Ebonyi (Abakaliki rice) , Enugu ( Rice Ugbawka) , Anambra, and the shortfall, we supplement with foreign imported varieties from India and Thailand.

You don't feed us, heck! Your rice production is not enough to feed you, let alone earn you forex.

SE don't import local rice from any part of Nigeria, we have our own local rice industry. In Biafra, it will be highly funded by the central government to improve output/yield.

So, what is the stupid dance on this thread by afonjas all about?

Oga shatt up.
This is about rice production. And besides, having checked your link the stats was drawn from 2007-2009.

WTF, are you also slow to check the link yourself? Everything there (according to the links) provided were as old as your grey hair! Bro

Some of the link are broken I personally checked it.

So,quit forming hero here

totit:


Oga shatt up.
This is about rice production. And besides, having checked your link the stats was drawn from 2007-2019.

WTF, are you also slow to check the link yourself? Everything there (according to the links) provided were as old as your grey hair! Bro

Some of the link are broken I personally checked it.

So,quit forming hero here

The link I provided were all legit and from independent sources.
Not one produced by an Afonja Muslim by the name Sule.

pazienza:


The link I provided were all legit and from independent sources.
Not one produced by an Afonja Muslim by the name Sule.

I read it and it states ; 2008-2010. you were referring 7-8 years stats

Lmao
It's like dwelling on past glory, lot have changed

pazienza:


The link I provided were all legit and from independent sources.
Not one produced by an Afonja Muslim by the name Sule.

You always resort to afonja muslim when you're grabbing at straw. It's becoming old and trite.

The question is, how old are the information in the links you provided? Simple.

This is 2015 information.

Things can change in 1 or 10 years.

scholes0:
For a long time, Nigerians have always been talking and discussing about the need to become food sufficient, especially in some of our most imported agricultural products such as Rice, Wheat, Sugar Etc. So much Ado has been ado concerning the topic, but have you at anytime wondered which states are the top performance in terms of rice production?
Nigeria is one of the largest Rice importing countries in the world. 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 at 60% and consumers have seen the price of a bag of rice double in the past 12 months.

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.
The most recent nationwide covering data from all regions of the federation from the Nigerian Agric sector report shows that these are the top Rice producing states and regions in the country.





According to the, 29 of the 36 states of the country engaged in the cultivation of Rice, with total cultivated areas amounting to 2,432.63 thousand Hectares of land, while n average of 4,472.52 metric tons of rice was produced by all the states.

Largest Rice Producing States: (in 000/metric Tons)

1- Kaduna State - 732.42 Metric Tons
2- Ogun State - 636.67 Metric Tons
3- Kano State - 422.05 Metric Tons
4- Taraba State - 401.99 Metric Tons
5- Benue State - 341.48 Metric Tons



Largest Rice Producing Regions:

1- North West - 32% of Production
2- North East - 25% of Production
3- North Central - 17% of Production
4- South West - 16% of Production
5- South East - 9% of Production
6- South South - 1% of Production



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-38795673

The Nigerian Agric sectr report:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=Nigeria+agric+sector+report&oq=Nigeria+agric+sector+report&gs_l=psy-ab.3...2476.2476.0.2950.1.1.0.0.0.0.302.302.3-1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0.r8y10RQGs68

Sanchez01:

Funny. Ofada is legendary. It is the most luxurious, locally grown rice in Nigeria.

Ebonyi is just about the only state in the South East that takes farming to heart. The state is just about the only one in the East that TRULY produces rice in commercial quantity.

Obiano, Anambra and the media have all lied in the past and won't stop doing so. Propaganda and lies would lead you a little but the stark realities would hit in the end.

We should respect the North, really, as they are clearly responsible for feeding the country. As bad as we think they are, they play the most important, though silent, role in our nation building. This is the beauty in our diversity.

just like the Lagos scam rice, not even up to 20 bags

opeaceo:


Here they go again! A very beautiful thread to debate on, you couldn't resist the evil urge in you to turn it upside down.

To the topic, if the duties on imported rice stands at 60%, why is the imported rice cheaper than the locally produced ones? Nigeria we hail thee.

The cost of production is extremely high here. And since there is no massive demand to make up for the high production cost, the price is better left high. That way farmers won't run bankrupt.

Nigeria is one of the biggest rice producers in Africa. Despite this fact, it`s also the largest rice importers in Africa. It`s an essential cash crop for small-scale producers! What can we notice in the Nigeria Rice production statistics?

Over the past decade, the rice consumption rates have risen rapidly. According to Stanley Nkwazema from This Day Live, only in the last decade, the consumption rate has risen to 7 million Metric Tons. Still, only 2.7 million metric tons are produced by Nigerian farmers.

According to the Index Mundi, this number has risen to 2.772 million metric tons. This means that even the increase in rice production in Nigeria still leaves a significant gap of 4.2-4.3 million metric tons. Therefore, Nigeria is only able to supply 49% of the domestic demand. Per capita consumption rate of rice is about 27 kilograms, according to Stanley Nkwazema.


The statistic of rice production in Nigeria clearly shows a 5% increase every year. For the first half of this year, it has already risen by 2.67%, according to the Index Mundi. The Industry Reports also shows the fluctuation of the local commodity production to be between 2,400 to 3,600 in the past five years. The import rates have also increased to 5,850 from 4,800 during the same period of time. Rice Production Statistics in the States


Only eight states out of 36 can be considered heavy producers of rice. These states include: - Anambra; - Nassarawa; - Ebonyi; - Kaduna; - Niger; - Kano; - Kaduna; - Benue.

According to the Nigeria rice production statistics, the imports have started to make up 50% of the local consumption rates. Currently, Nasarawa State is the leader when it comes to rice production in Nigeria. It has over 10,000 fully irrigated rice hectares, according to Stanley Nkwazema.

Anambra State is a clear miracle of rice production in Nigeria. The industrial rice farms have already pushed the rice production of the State from 90,000 metric tons to 210,00 metric tons. Stanley Nkwazema informs that with this capacity, production will soon reach 320,000 metric tons. Therefore, it will reach and then surpass the rates of consumption of rice in Adamawa State. When this number is reached, it will show a clear victory over consumption rates.

The Global rice production statistics show that the top five importers of Nigeria are the USA, Vietnam, India, Thailand, and Brazil. These countries help Nigeria to overcome the shortfall of over 4.3 million metric tons. This shortfall is valued over N365 billion. This great sum of money is needed to meet Nigerian demand of over 7 million metric tons. Why Nigeria can`t meet its own Rice demand.


According to the Chairman of the Export Group of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (NACCIMA), Ade Adefeko, the rice producers in Nigeria have to overcome great challenges to meet the market demands. One of these challenges is the inadequate irrigation techniques. The low levels of technologies can`t result in a high yield! Therefore, the rice farmers are not able to fight against the impact of birds, insects, and weeds.

There are also other drawbacks which keeps Nigeria from being able to supply its own demand for rice. According to Ade Adefeko, these drawbacks include: - Poor quality control practices; - Poor drying techniques; - Poor sorting drying techniques; - Power failures in some regions of the country; Ade Adefeko also disclosed that the problems of rice production are horrible for the end users. Due to the chaotic chain of suppliers, the end-user has to get the end product through a number of the middle-men. Therefore, the price of the end-product is pretty high.


Ade Adefeko, in his interview on This Day Live also pointed out that Nigeria keeps is working towards getting out from the rice import dependency, but the progress is too slow. The government of Nigeria may try to change the situation with agricultural loans or rice production loans.
https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=https://www.naij.com/1114914-nigeria-rice-production-statistics.html&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi_qKH3hMvVAhVDPxoKHdyqCiQQFgguMAA&usg=AFQjCNGxm27VdsCgeHeJff_mCRdNcPZlAw

Afam4eva:

I'm not in any way downplaying the importance of Agriculture. I'm only concerned that you think just because the north produce most of what we eat, that they are some our greatest asset without baring the fact that agriculture adds very little or nothing to our income as a country. The Agriculture in the north is mostly beneficial to the people who own those products and are selling it to us. Getting people to sell agricultural products has never been a problem. The day the north stops providing it, cameroon or any other country that wants to make money will do so. It's all for profit. Nothing in the south has been built as a result of the agricultural strides of the north. It has only benefited them. Until Agriculture is included in the exclusive list, i don't think anyone should be going about talking as if the north is doing us a favour.

If there's anything that can thump the oil been provided by the Niger Delta it is the human capital that the south as a whole possess.

I believe it is enough and more than enough to consider the North as the country's greatest asset 'just because they produce most of what we eat'. The oil in The Delta does not benefit the people, save the government who sells it and keeps the money. Even in the face of resource control, another form of government would still be in charge and not the man whose land oozes with crude unending. Last I checked, I still buy fuel weekly and the money does not return to my pocket.

Let's be frank with one another, the oil in itself is only beneficial to a handful of Northern Elites and a couple of Igbo folks and Yoruba folks as well. Proceeds from agriculture is the reason the Obafemi Awolowo University is standing today and it is the reason the SW metamorphosed into a region of book lovers. My point is, agriculture might not be our primary cash cow, but it does not take away the fact that it plays a more vital role in Nigeria than oil in itself. Do we still export cash crops? Yes, we do, and while it is not what it used to be, we barely look towards that angle because we get it cheap.

Believe me, it would be MI:VII for Cameroon to primarily take up the responsibility of providing for Nigeria should the North say no today because we would put into consideration how much food it has for its people before thinking of others.

I'd upload the video and share the link tomorrow to see the effect of food shortage on a large scale. That the North is doing us a favour is an understatement.

nototribalist:
just like the Lagos scam rice, not even up to 20 bags

Lagos rice wasn't a scam. It was sold in December, during Christmas and the reason was to unsettle the the pressure of rice scarcity. And knowing that rice is just about the major staple food eaten during Christmas, what you call scam was more or less a special agricultural intervention. Chances are that it would pop up again this year.

pazienza:
The last time their was hike in price of imported rice.
The effect was so highly felt in the North, so much that the Sultan of Sokoto had to intervene.

The North depends highly on foreign rice to to complement whatever they produce. SW not only depend on Foreign rice, they also depend on Kebbi for local rice.


This is the reality on ground, not some silly stats made up by an Afonja Muslim called Sule to get his fellow afonjas thumping their chests like chimpanzees.

Oga stop grasping at straws.

The OP never said nigeria was self sufficient in rice production. infact that was everything his intro was all about.

It is there stated specifically that Nigeria imports rice to augment its local production, and that local production remains grossly insufficient.

The reason why people seem to be taking a Jab at the SE is because of how the Igbos have in the past mocked the SW for not producing rice. I remember a thread where they were like, "Afonja, we have seen rice from the North and the East also produces rice in commercial quantity", When will you Afonjas start producing your own rice". "Afonjas are lazy, they can't even grow anything" bla bla bla.

Yeah, they said it.

So it comes as a surprise to everyone when an updated list of the to rice producing states and regions come out and the much touted SE falls short of its already bloated imagery.

kn23h:


You always resort to afonja muslim when you're grabbing at straw. It's becoming old and trite.

The question is, how old are the information in the links you provided? Simple.

Stop being stupid.

Your Afonja brothers turned this thread to be all about Igbo bashing as usual.

I'm here to make sure you lots burn from your hate, stop feigning neutral, you are no better than them.

How old is the information he is providing? How accurate are they, seeing as they are tainted by the hands of Yorubas handling them.

Why should we take them without questioning them in a country that is yet to get common population census result right?

pazienza:


Stop being stupid.

Your Afonja brothers turned this thread to be all about Igbo bashing as usual.

I'm here to make sure you lots burn from your hate, stop feigning neutral, you are no better than them.

How old is the information he is providing? How accurate are they, seeing as they are tainted by the hands of Yorubas handling them.

Why should we take them without questioning them in a country that is yet to get common population census result right?

Why won't they turn it into Igbo bashing.

After they made all the mouth , and it turns out they can't even produce one Tin Tomato "Mudu" of rice.

Hiaan!

AdoOloroo:


Oga stop grasping at straws.

The OP never said nigeria was self sufficient in rice production. infact that was everything his intro was all about.

It is there stated specifically that Nigeria imports rice to augment its local production, and that local production remains grossly insufficient.

The reason why people seem to be taking a Jab at the SE is because of how the Igbos have in the past mocked the SW for not producing rice. I remember a thread where they were like, "Afonja, we have seen rice from the North and the East also produces rice in commercial quantity", When will you Afonjas start producing your own rice". "Afonjas are lazy, they can't even grow anything" bla bla bla.

Yeah, they said it.

So it comes as a surprise to everyone when an updated list of the to rice producing states and regions come out and the much touted SE falls short of its already bloated imagery.

That list is by no way updated, it's an old data with questionable plausibility and should be outrightly dismissed.

pazienza:


That list is by no way updated, it's an old data with questionable plausibility and should be outrightly dismissed.

Dismissed for what?

It is from the Nigeria agric sector report and data is from 2015.

If it had Ebonyi and Enugu in it, You probably wouldn't have questioned its authenticity.

The one you were referring people to was even older, yet you had no problem believing it still holds water in 2017.

nextprince:
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Lol.

You really should stop giving fukcs.............being a living example of what a simple backdoor fukc can cause.

AdoOloroo:


Why won't they turn it into Igbo bashing.

After they made all the mouth , and it turns out they can't even produce one Tin Tomato "Mudu" of rice.

Hiaan!

Why shouldn't Igbos retaliate and rubbish your silly stats, if you only aim for concocting it is to bash Ndiigbo.

No Igbo state imports local rice from SW or North, we locally produce all the local rice we consume here, so it's only understandable for us to question silly opinions from Igbophobic lots that seek to force down voodoo old stats down our throats.

Don't you think so?

AdoOloroo:


Dismissed for what?

It is from the Nigeria agric sector report and data is from 2015.

If it had Ebonyi and Enugu in it, You probably wouldn't have questioned its authenticity.

The one you were referring people to was even older, yet you had no problem believing it still holds water in 2017.

The data was compiled by a certain Sule, a Yoruba muslim.
The stat used questionable data from 2014 downwards.

Why should we believe it's authenticity, when it's report is conflicting with realities on ground?

Sanchez01:

I believe it is enough and more than enough to consider the North as the country's greatest asset 'just because they produce most of what we eat'. The oil in The Delta does not benefit the people, save the government who sells it and keeps the money. Even in the face of resource control, another form of government would still be in charge and not the man whose land oozes with crude unending. Last I checked, I still buy fuel weekly and the money does not return to my pocket.

Let's be frank with one another, the oil in itself is only beneficial to a handful of Northern Elites and a couple of Igbo folks and Yoruba folks as well. Proceeds from agriculture is the reason the Obafemi Awolowo University is standing today and it is the reason the SW metamorphosed into a region of book lovers. My point is, agriculture might not be our primary cash cow, but it does not take away the fact that it plays a more vital role in Nigeria than oil in itself. Do we still export cash crops? Yes, we do, and while it is not what it used to be, we barely look towards that angle because we get it cheap.

Believe me, it would be MI:VII for Cameroon to primarily take up the responsibility of providing for Nigeria should the North say no today because we would put into consideration how much food it has for its people before thinking of others.

I'd upload the video and share the link tomorrow to see the effect of food shortage on a large scale. That the North is doing us a favour is an understatement.

You need to understand my perspective. Awolowo used agriculture (cocoa) to better his people because it was the main source of revenue for the western region. it was not because they were selling chocolate to all of us. On the contrary, even the north doesn't make so much from the agricultural proceeds and it does not even account to up to 10% of their IGR (Oil from ND does). The reason why you can't consider them an asset is that their agricultural prowess does not benefit the south just as much as the rice from indonesia cannot be said to be of benefit to us because we buy it with our hard earned money.

nextprince:
What was lost in the SS is more than compensated on the basis of being the home to the major source of nation's income and infact mostly due to oil spillage.

But what I don't understand is what exactly is the SE contributing in this obodo?

What exactly does the word "parasitism" mean?

You should be very ashamed that with the small land mass of SE they is far less than Oyo state, they are even close to the SW with just 6% margin....

you should be very ashamed...

scholes0:


The case of the South South is quite understandable



I am seriously asking myself the same.

You should be very ashamed that with the small land mass of SE they is far less than Oyo state, they are even close to the SW with just 6% margin....
you should be very ashamed...

AbakalikiPress:


My comment is very much in line with the topic, give the fact that the Igbos on here have severally touted Ebonyi my state and Abakaliki specificaly as the largest rice growing state in the country, and south East as the biggest rice producers in the South.
Nobody here is going to forget so soon the Obiano Anambra rice episode and how they said Ebonyi has started the export of rice to other countries.

You should be very ashamed that with the small land mass of SE they is far less than Oyo state, they are even close to the SW with just 6% margin....
you should be very ashamed...

MasterChen:
Dem just dey tear potor pahent anyhow for this forum

Pátá ìdí wọn tí fàya

You should be very ashamed that with the small land mass of SE they is far less than Oyo state, they are even close to the SW with just 6% margin....
you should be very ashamed...

AdoOloroo:


Dismissed for what?

It is from the Nigeria agric sector report and data is from 2015.

If it had Ebonyi and Enugu in it, You probably wouldn't have questioned its authenticity.

The one you were referring people to was even older, yet you had no problem believing it still holds water in 2017.

See a recent report.
I don't see Ogun there.

https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=https://www.naij.com/1114914-nigeria-rice-production-statistics.html&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi_qKH3hMvVAhVDPxoKHdyqCiQQFgguMAA&usg=AFQjCNGxm27VdsCgeHeJff_mCRdNcPZlAw


Looks questionable, considering that the reporter is Igbo?

Now you know why your own stats look questionable too.

brainpulse:
. See the southeast/IPODS, they are almost useless at nothing. Very lazy, what they only know is fake things, drug traffic, 419, money rituals & chest beating. The northerners are still hardworking to me producing the country meat, beans, pepper etc.

You should be very ashamed that with the small land mass of SE they is far less than Oyo state, they are even close to the SW with just 6% margin....
you should be very ashamed...

brainpulse:
. See the southeast/IPODS, they are almost useless at nothing. Very lazy, what they only know is fake things, drug traffic, 419, money rituals & chest beating. The northerners are still hardworking to me producing the country meat, beans, pepper etc.

You should be very ashamed that with the small land mass of SE that is far less than Oyo state, they are even close to the SW with just 6% margin....
you should be very ashamed...

Proceeds from agriculture is the reason the Obafemi Awolowo University is standing today and it is the reason the SW metamorphosed into a region of book lovers.



Funny set of people.

marvin902:
i thought the SE was producing @ full max..
so what am i seeing now..
so after all the talk the north still beat you guys..
by the way never knew ogun was producing rice

You should be very ashamed that with the small land mass of SE that is far less than Oyo state, they are even close to the SW with just 6% margin....
you should be very ashamed...

Lesson learnt by the igbo: bragging and chest beating does not pay.

pazienza:


See a recent report.
I don't see Ogun there.

https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=https://www.naij.com/1114914-nigeria-rice-production-statistics.html&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi_qKH3hMvVAhVDPxoKHdyqCiQQFgguMAA&usg=AFQjCNGxm27VdsCgeHeJff_mCRdNcPZlAw


Looks questionable, considering that the reporter is Igbo?

Now you know why your own stats look questionable too.

Lol dude the Naij.com source you quoted

1: has no Date
2: Has no production Figures
3: has no official source backing the Info
4: Is in the Opinion / "Ask Naija" section

lol

But of course you believe it over one supported by Two National Agencies complete with date, figures and global trends, including in other products such as Cocoa, Palm and dairy, because yeeeah, it lists both Ebonyi and Anambra as top rice producers, lol!

Typical.