somehow:
What the government need to do now is ban anything rice coming from Cotonu. Promise all customs officers posted to the borders of Benin republic with mouth watering incentives by the amount of smuggled rice recovered.



Issue is that the increase is as a result Nigerians changing the direction of where the rice come in from. Nigerians and cunny cunny.

It's in the blood. Build your own mba, chop the ones the few of your own are building Mba.

But always ready to chop what other countries are building!

Lazy thinkers!

mayoroflag:
The comments show that people did not read all of the article before commenting.

Thanking God for the drop in rice importation through Nigeria while Beninoise rice imports went up by 100% thereabout.

Live comedy from many angles

explorer250:
yes they don't need to export to Nigeria directly. just export to some neighbouring countries on the request of Nigeria importers then smuggle it through the borders.

We know that there is no form of improvement in local production. you don't ban rice when local production is not sufficient

winnah:


that police to band imported rice was one of the best though it was tough at the beginning.
speaking from experience, I am into local food supply (source from kano).
so many people abandoned farming in kano because they invest so much in farming at the end of the harvest they couldn't sale their produce because; one
*Nigeria believes in anything imported
*foreign product appears to be so cheap
*who will invest in a place u wouldn't have a good return.
so many people in kano that I know are happily returning back to farming. I know of someone from KIRU Kano state Alhaji Dambata a rice Farmer. last year, he invested about 3million naira to harvest 800bags of rice. if you want to know if there is an improvement, go to kano or other northern state (DAWANU market) am speaking of kano because I source from there. I sale a cup of local rice for #65 per cup and #68 per cup for Nigeria stone free and long grain rice.
why are things so cheap in the north ,(ask those that supply it to ur state ) a basket of tomatoes do goes for less than #1000 in kano but it surprise me when I discovered that the same basket is #6000 in pH same to onions potato, rice, beans etc.
this is what Nigeria needs and not those that seat back to play the blame game.
people who will provide jobs and not job seekers government can't do it alone no government has ever done that.

lexy2014:
its easier said than done.what amount of incentive can b more than confisticating bags of rice, cartons of Turkey, fish, tin tomatoes, vegetable oil and cars that they will share & take home 4 next 2 nothing?what amount of incentive is more than d handsome settlement they get from smugglers? What Nigeria needs in this situation is leadership, not just 2 wake up and ban all sorts. If buhari can provide leadership by patronising made in Nigeria (which is very unlikely), then attitudes will change. But not when d cuttlery he uses 2 eat was imported then they will now tell us not 2 eat imported rice. Bullshit

lexy2014:
I don't have a bag of rice at home. I ususlly buy paint rubber.Since u have checked, share with me ur findings

somehow:
Na..don't be lazy, find that out yourself from where you buy!

        Nigeria    Benin
2015    644,131   805,765
2016    58,260    1,427,098
2017    23,197    1,647,387

somehow:
Na..don't be lazy, find that out yourself from where you buy!

somehow:
They are not supposed to share it but to burn them. That's their rule of engagement so that alone is not an incentive

Lol leaders are only few on number, it's the people below that actually run the country, not really the leaders.

Ask me why

Let me give you this analogy.

You're told stealing is corruption and if you steal and you're caught, you go to jail. (What the leaders said).

Those who will exceute this law aren't the leaders but the ones below (followers/civil servants), these people end up conniving with the culprit, derive another means of stealing without the leaders knowing and even if the leaders know, if he sacks those involved, the new one will still continue doing it.

Those you see being caught are the ones who didn't do the biddings of these civil servants/followers.

Until we understand that Nigeria is not working not because of the leaders but for the followers, what power does a leader in a democracy have without the people/followers?

lexy2014:
I love d language u used, "they are not supposed to....". That means they no d rules of engagement but they don't follow it. Obviously, its more lucrative not following d rules of engagement than following. Like in my earlier post, I asked what kind of incentive can d govt give 2d customs guys that can b more lucrative than d " incentives " they collect on their own?

Of course without leadership theres no followership but according 2 john maxwell, an authority in leadership studies, everything rises and falls on leadership. If u are d leader of a team of say 10people, it is ur duty 2 ensure that d people in d team keep 2d rules regulating conduct within d team so as 2 ensure that d goals&objectives 4 which d team was set up are realised. If ur team members are acting outside d ideals, norms,vision & mission of d team, it will lead 2d failure & collapse of d team&a reflection of ur poor leadership abilities.when this happens, d team leader takes d lions share of d blame. Just d same way if a team, succeeds, d leader takes d praise.

Leadership isn't about numbers, its about access to&control of power and economic resources. Its about access to&control of d machineries of state which can b used 2 regulate how every one should behave. It lends credence 2d 20/80 and d 80/20 principle which states that 20% of d population control 80% of d resources & power of a society and 80% of d population share only 20% of power and resources.

Politically, d power of our elected representatives derives from d constitution which by extension derives from d people. D leaders hold power in trust 4d people in a social contract 2 ensure that d vision/mission of d federal republic of Nigeria is realised. Do d followers have a role 2 play?absolutely. But where there's no leadership, everybody becomes a law unto himself which will lead 2 chaos, impunity, corruption & in extreme cases war

lexy2014:
I am lazy that's y am asking u. after all what will it take u 2go 2 ur kitchen and check d bag of rice? It will b easier getting d info from u instead of waiting till I go 2d market in d remote future.that's y I have u 2 save myself d stress

lexy2014:
so rice has expiry date?that's interesting. so whats d shelf life of an imported bag of rice?

lexy2014:
so what u are trying 2 say is that importers had a stock pile of rice that can feed 180million people 4 two years?

Myde4naija:
I mean mitros rice that's I bought with my own money at Abeokuta, I don't join people that celebrated bad news about the country, I deal with facts.

PHILipu1:

so you don't know that majority of those imported rice are treated with chemicals to preserve them for a long time and this chemicals have expiring dates?

lexy2014:
That's y I asked u based in what u have said what is d shelf life of a bag of rice?

PHILipu1:
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Funny.
You mean that the 180 million people are eating rice everyday?

For more than 4 years now,we don't know what is imported rice in our rice.
Like majority of Nigerians,we have gone local and our rice taste better than those Thai chemical preserve rice.

Have you ever watch how Thailand people prepare this rice and the preservative chemicals they do add so that they don't get bad if they stay in their warehouses for long?

Me and my people do with local fresh rice and we are in good health with that.

Not all the 180 million Nigeria population do eat rice every day and still know that some people do still have way of smuggling rice into the country

PHILipu1:

it depend on the quantity of preservative you use.

somehow:
SMH.

somehow:
More reason why I said the followers make the leaders. You can't be a leader without followers and if your followers don't obey what you say, then you are as useless as P in psychology.

You have to have people before you can be a leader. It's from the people leaders come from, not the other way round.

lexy2014:
d question isn't about were leaders emerge from or from who or where they derive their authority 2 lead. D issue is what responsibility does a leader have?d leader carries d burden of d success or failure of a team, country or company. If ur team or followers aren't obeying u, it calls to question first ur legitimacy and or ur leadership style or qualities. Leaders have several tools, behavioral, intellectual, financial to motivate their followers 2 conform 2 norms and buy into d vision & mission of d team or whatever set up they lead. It is d responsibility of d leader 2 ensure that his followers obey him so he can succeeded as a leader. A leader who blames his followers 4 his failings isn't ready 2b a leader

lexy2014:
u don't need 2 shake ur head. Isnt it better 2 leverage on others 2 get what u want instead of trying 2do everything 4 urself?

somehow:
SMHA

somehow:
Leaders can't be bad without the permission of the people in a democracy. If he's be and still there, then it's the people that causes it.

A good leader can't also lead if the followers are bad. In Nigeria, civil servants are the biggest looters. Quote me anywhere and anytime.

We have less than 1k leaders and more than 15 millions civil servants. Do the math.

Donpresh95:


How much

Myde4naija:
50kg of parboiled rice go for 11500naira while 50kg of ofada rice go for 25,000naira



There are economy park of 1kg wch is sold at 230naira and 500naira respectively.

lexy2014:
obviously u haven't led people or u don't understand what leadership is. A leader doesn't need or depend on his followers 4 validation or permission 2b bad. 4d fact that Democratic leaders obtain authority from d people doesn't absolve them of d RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP.Take note of d terms I used b4 like social contract. social contract helps u understand y we have democracy better& y we have more followers than leaders.

Leaders are always supposed 2b fewer than d followers or do u expect d followers 2b fewer than d leaders? It still boils down 2d theory of social contract &d 20/80 principle.

A good leader can ALWAYS lead even if his followers are bad that's y another word 4 leadership is INFLUENCE. D ability of a leader 2 influence those around him, either makes or mars him. This entails creating a new culture and instilling a new mental&behavioral attitude. Its either a leader sees his followers as problems or resources. Whichever way he sees them, he is right cos that's what they will b

Donpresh95:
Upon all this things we read on paper everyday, Both local and foreign rice are still very costly with #100 difference. People will always prefer stone free foreign rice with extra #100 than Stoney rice. Reduce the price of local rice drastically and it will force importers to stop due to lack of buyers