Oceannaagent:
Will our local produce be enough for us

cant even be enough for one state talk less of a nation

Ouch..thats bad but lets wait and see

putting the cart before the horse as has always been the case in Nigeria policy making will always end up creating more problems than it can solve.

Nothing on ground to absorb the effect of the closure.

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Switruth:
. Because na u get the rice to sell.

I can't read meaning to what you just wrote.

Niger Republic Bans Export Of Rice To Nigeria. Really?

I prefer swallow chai

I eat rice almost everyday here,you don’t know how tough is it lol

faithfull18:

So, what will you substitute for rice

Gracealone:


Oga, try and catch the joke.

Oh, my bad then

Anyways, Chad and Niger are extension of Nigeria, technically you may be right you know

Saao:


The question is that, do we produce adequate rice that can sustain us? The answer is no

The question is..... will we ever produce adequate rice to sustain us if we keep importing rice?
They are doing us a favour.... helping us to be self sufficient by force.

Lamasta:
Our interest as a nation should be protected first before thinking of others....

We have enough rice to sustain us as a nation

Enough rice, where? When? How?

Sunnick:
Our neighbours and greedy insiders are killing us

no body is killing it's demand, nobody will buy what he don't want

Studyinchina200:
I prefer swallow chai

I eat rice almost everyday here,you don’t know how tough is it lol

Rice isn't nutritionally healthy but that's what most Nigerians can afford.

First you raise your production, then you can apply protectionist measures.

If other countries retaliate against our own limited exports now, what would we do?

Nigeria cannot produce even 5% of the production yet Buhari's number one goal is to ban.

Expect rice prices to top 40K per bag.

This is what Buhari did in his military regime that people started queuing to get milk.

Socialist nonsense.

Klington:
putting the cart before the horse as has always been the case in Nigeria policy making will always end up creating more problems than it can solve.

Nothing on ground to absorb the effect of the closure.

Why are you acting surprised, do we do feasibility study before we embark on any project before now?

pennyland:
Is Nigeria not exporting foodstuffs that causes harm and other things to other countries?

No we aren't.

Lamasta:
Our interest as a nation should be protected first before thinking of others....

We have enough rice to sustain us as a nation

Enough rice?

Are you joking or what?

The quantity of rice produced in Nigeria cannot feed Lagos state alone, let alone the entire nation.

Has Buhari or his advisers even heard of the theory of comparative advantage?

Originalsly:


The question is..... will we ever produce adequate rice to sustain us if we keep importing rice?
They are doing us a favour.... helping us to be self sufficient by force.

no, they are not. U can only close the border when u can guarantee the masses that we can sustain ourselves if not the citizens will suffer. How much was the price of rice 5 years ago and how much today?

we all talk here as if its not our responsibilities to go back to the farm to produce rice. Looking at our level of unemployment it is unfair on the part of we Nigerians to condemn what the federal government has done. Let us all go back to the farm produce rice and make money. https:///eBEM7nG

nrexzy:
Finally.... We can patronize our own

they will also ban forex so that we can use NAIRA

[quote author=saraki2019 post=82123926]Even Niger?[/quo

what does that mean??

Nigeria and Niger R. Who is giving each other rice?

The truth is if our so called local are affordable and cheaper than the exported ones, the people will look inward and patronize our locally made rice, but when the local ones are far expensive than the imported ones, I can assure you that people will look outward even if it is not as good as the locally made.

dont8:
Why are you acting surprised, do we do feasibility study before we embark on any project before now?

i'm not surprised, it has always been the case from time immemorial.

Kaybex007:
The truth is if our so called local are affordable and cheaper than the exported ones, the people will look inward and patronize our locally made rice, but when the local ones are far expensive than the imported ones, I can assure you that people will look outward even if it is not as good as the locally made.

It will be cheaper if you yourself go back to farm to produce more rice. You sit inside AC and you want to eat cheap rice abi

we dont even need their stupid rice, shey all this small small countries wey no reach kano state don dey see their periods abii

Never knew a country in the desert do cultivate rice

LOCAL RICE IS TRASH! FULL OF BLACK STONE, FAIRLY STICKY COS ITS ABSORB CLOT OF WATER.
MY CUSTOMERS ARE COMPLAINING

Saao:


no, they are not. U can only close the border when u can guarantee the masses that we can sustain ourselves if not the citizens will suffer. How much was the price of rice 5 years ago and how much today?

Are you suggesting we can't sustain ourselves?.... unless the FG tells us we can? The more we produce... the lower the price will be... the more our reserves will grow. Flood the market with imported rice... the price will drop significantly..... and so will the reserves...until we will have to take loans to buy rice... leading to bankruptcy... like Greece. Then who would bail us out?...a Black country?

Ibusho:


It will be cheaper if you yourself go back to farm to produce more rice. You sit inside AC and you want to eat cheap rice abi

Well, let me tell you more about me which you do not know, I currently sit inside AC cuz i am making money from my poultry business , I rear chickens and turkeys, which means I am one of those citizens wishing the Nigeria economy well. If you don't mind, you can come and join me and let me teach you how poultry business works.

Klington:


i'm not surprised, it has always been the case from time immemorial.

So unfortunate situation. I know one day the person that cursed us as a nation will lift the curse and we get out of the wood.

As they are banning this and that, thunder should strike any one of them that eats a foreign rice. Charity they said begin at home.