9jahotblog:
Even the so called Nigeria rice are all full of Stones. They never improve on their production yield but can enforced total shut down on our land borders. The rate of appendicitis symptoms will increased tremendously in our various hospitals for this stones and tares in the rice. Very bad .

why can't you see it as a biz opportunity. just a simple destoner will do the trick and you make money for it.

We are wailing and it is good for our souls. Soon and soonest,the #30,000 bloggers will find out that membership of this club will be permanently denied them. We hope they can find another club other than that of suicide.

F117nighthawk:
I tell u Nigeria and Nigerians can never and ever see any meaningful progress when we justify criminal act in which ever form,the law says ban on importation of rice,and some people still justify smuggling because of high price of local rice, how will u encourage local production if u don't ban importation.any country that want development will have to shut it's doors to importation and grow local productions, the world is celebrating CHINA and INDIA today forgotten that both countries shot it's doors to importation for over 20yrs,to develop technologically, today they are better for it

How will one encourage local production with the exorbitant price placed on a bag of rice. Sometime in 2015, a bag of foreign rice was 8000 and local rice, 5000. What do we have now? A bag of local rice in my area is not less than 17000. Why? Why do we have to pay more for something we produced ? I don't support any unlawful act against the government. I'm just trying to say for smuggling and hardship to be curbed as regards the rice issue, government should see to it that it is affordable and sufficiently produced for the rich and poor alike

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solmusdesigns:


with your long epistle, you havent offered any tangible solution...

Land Border was closed due to seciurity issues and aliens coming to kill farmers with thier cows, Seaports are open for all shipping business.. local farmer are luaghing to the bank and even billionaires are joining the goldrush, coscaris and dangote have rice farms

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post=83150626:
This is only the beginning of the end for smugglers.

A drastic solution requires a very drastic measures.

Slow and steady, Nigeria will be great again.

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How about north east border? Government of double standards, were boko haram emanating from, that should be the first border to be closed.

TrendyNwendy:
How will one encourage local production with the exorbitant price placed on a bag of rice. Sometime in 2015, a bag of foreign rice was 8000 and local rice, 5000. What do we have now? A bag of local rice in my area is not less than 17000. Why? Why do we have to pay more for something we produced ? I don't support any unlawful act against the government. I'm just trying to say for smuggling and hardship to be curbed as regards the rice issue, government should see to it that it is affordable and sufficiently produced for the rich and poor alike

I bet u with time the price will come down, do u know for a fact now that the money for local rice will domicile locally in the country which saves us a lot of foreign exchange

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post=83150645:

Which kind person be dis tin for krissake?!
This one has taking wailing and being pessimistic to another level!

(Eat rice produced from Nigeria and develop appendicitis and spend the rest of your lives in the hospital.....JESUS CHRIST!!)
Who do una like dis wailers?!
You deserve a special 'Slow' award for this negative post about your nation.
Spits!

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solmusdesigns:




General Buhari back with his war against indicipline, Nigerians need that iron fist rulership

To the unfurtunate Dunce wailing nonstop over rice,.. Buhari only said use the seaport for your importation, so that custom can give you proper scan and bill you accordingly

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dicefrost:



This is where I believe many Nigerians get it wrong. The problem facing local farmers in Nigeria is NOT importation. There are key indices constantly against farmers. Even if you ban importation , local farming will not improve until you fix the fundamental issues. We will never be self sufficient, instead we will just have food scarcity and soaring prices as we have now.

The solution is to fix the fundamental issues. If local rice is cheap, and meets the standard of the imported commodity, smuggling will become unprofitable. It ll die naturally.

But you failed to state the fundamental issues. Or is it this "If local rice is cheap, and meets the standard of the imported commodity"?
If it is, it's a matter of time. How long have the border been closed? Nigerians are like the proverbial ancient Hebrews, and in reality some of them are without knowing it, so I am not surprised by all the shortcomings of Nigerians.

Seetto:

My brother I tire o, before I chop two spoons, I don crack three stones, I am beginning to hate eating rice..

Oga stop ranting like wailers of your colleagues, you are buying left over rice and you want to enjoy it...God forbid..Buy real cake beans not left over cake beans.

9jahotblog:
Even the so called Nigeria rice are all full of Stones. They never improve on their production yield but can enforced total shut down on our land borders. The rate of appendicitis symptoms will increased tremendously in our various hospitals for this stones and tares in the rice. Very bad .

if they don't do it now when are they going to do it

The closure of the border was not done in your interest. It was done in the interest of some of the rice farmers who are close to the seat of government.

pocohantas:


I never knew Stallion is local!
That rice is fineeee

Now you know, if them no close the border now...your brain won't function to that level... PDP...

JosEast:
bad market for them

And good market for the custom officers and other security personnel. They will not buy rice for months.

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Go to his kitchen and snap pictures.

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Advocate500:
How about north east border? Government of double standards, were boko haram emanating from, that should be the first border to be closed.

Think, think Black man. Dont be sentimental in your state of mind or reasoning.
Are north-east states bordered by countries with sea-ports? Even if smuggling take place in north-east border, it will be minimal and not at the scale of that border with Benin Republic. Its unlikely that rice smuggled into Benin or other ports outside Nigeria will first make it's way up to the point of been exported via northern borders. Doesn't make economic sense. Even if smuggled products via north borders are grown in those African countries, that is still better than allowing scarce foreign exchange to end up outside Africa. Why can't the Beninoise grow rice for import into Nigeria rather than bringing it in from Asia. At least that will still benefit Africa.

TruthinAction:
The closure of the border was not done in your interest. It was done in the interest of some of the rice farmers who are close to the seat of government.

At least they are producing something. What value are adding to the system,

Idiroko

The Yorubas have been at the centre of sabotaging the nations economy from independence. Are they not the ones at the heart of this smugling?? They will be the first to point fingers at other, while they have been criminally smugling everything imaginable through Benin boarder. It is no wonder they are always on the fence when it comes to restructuring or division of the country.

dicefrost:



This is where I believe many Nigerians get it wrong. The problem facing local farmers in Nigeria is NOT importation. There are key indices constantly against farmers. Even if you ban importation , local farming will not improve until you fix the fundamental issues. We will never be self sufficient, instead we will just have food scarcity and soaring prices as we have now.

The solution is to fix the fundamental issues. If local rice is cheap, and meets the standard of the imported commodity, smuggling will become unprofitable. It ll die naturally.

Grammar.

Upon all the grammar, you hid under the cryptic term of fundamentals.

What are they?

TrendyNwendy:
How will one encourage local production with the exorbitant price placed on a bag of rice. Sometime in 2015, a bag of foreign rice was 8000 and local rice, 5000. What do we have now? A bag of local rice in my area is not less than 17000. Why? Why do we have to pay more for something we produced ? I don't support any unlawful act against the government. I'm just trying to say for smuggling and hardship to be curbed as regards the rice issue, government should see to it that it is affordable and sufficiently produced for the rich and poor alike

How will one encourage local production with the exorbitant price placed on a bag of rice.

Is that not supposed to be one of the incentives to encourage local production to the point that increase in production and high supply will force price to go down. Except if Nigerians are not human; it's the only reason that can defy tenets of economic/social principles.

Why do we find it easy to always circumvent the law of the land?.Our appears to President is to tell us the benefits of closing Border:
1.We MUST feed ourselves.No nation can allow others to be feeding her .
2.Let's grow BOTH Long and Short grain Rice,as at now,we don't grow or produce long rice,why?-is it that Nigerians land is not good for it?. what they called medium in the market is a mix-of Short and bad-long rice.
3..Why should we be fed by Niger and Benin-Republic? and other Nations.?What an insult!!
4.What are the CBN and other Banks Financial supports to make Agriculture less cumbersome and become more lucrative?. 5.What are government measures to the FARMERS in terms of any Failure like disaster,hearvy rainfall,Bad-Harvest etc? Can the Farmers make claims easily-Insurance by Govt recommend Insurance Companies?.
6.The govt. should ensure that CBN especially should be giving out facilities between 3--5% to at least 60% Nigerians,thus reducing high Interest rates which can kill good intentions of many would be farmers.
7..What are Exporting Process made easy.
8.Other Agric Products too should be encouraged too-you just go to our markets and 'you hear 'this Is Benin-Republic 'Garri',meat, Epo/red oil'.we should be ashamed as a Nation!!!
9.Let's check Saboteurs in and around the boarders, those with evil-intensions who prefers to be slaves to other nations that loves smuggling,Amaka why?.
Nigeria can be great if we want it so and determined to make it great. Enough of Office jabs,lets be practical.
God Bless Nigeria.

F117nighthawk:
That's where we get it wrong as Nigerians, we give too much excuses, does bad roads and poor electric supply stop DANGOTE to build his refinery?does all the challenges in the country stop him to continue to grow all his businesses? Please go and read the history of China and India as I emphasize again?foreigners will come and invest in our country while Nigerians will steal and loot and take our common wealth go invest abroad rather than grow local production, how do u fix and improve on the fundamentals issues if u don't shot your doors to importation to grow local production

This is where I believe many Nigerians get it wrong. The problem facing local farmers in Nigeria is NOT importation. There are key indices constantly against farmers. Even if you ban importation , local farming will not improve until you fix the fundamental issues. We will never be self sufficient, instead we will just have food scarcity and soaring prices as we have now.

The solution is to fix the fundamental issues. If local rice is cheap, and meets the standard of the imported commodity, smuggling will become unprofitable. It ll die naturally.

You are talking crap. I hate Buhari, but this is his best move so far.
He should even double his effort by jailing both the okada, the importer and the local Yoruba Obas and chiefs feeding fat from the trade.
This has been going on since independence. I also believe smugling is the reason they are always the ones to come out first to protest removal of subsidie from petrol, because it is bad for their criminal fuel smugling plans.

Advocate500:
How about north east border? Government of double standards, were boko haram emanating from, that should be the first border to be closed.

You sabi the place ?

Abeg go help us close am.

9jahotblog:
Even the so called Nigeria rice are all full of Stones. They never improve on their production yield but can enforced total shut down on our land borders. The rate of appendicitis symptoms will increased tremendously in our various hospitals for this stones and tares in the rice. Very bad .

Who are they? are you immune from investing in the sector? destoning the rice could just be a business opportunity for you.......those farming and processing the rice are Nigerians like you nothing.

9jahotblog:
Even the so called Nigeria rice are all full of Stones. They never improve on their production yield but can enforced total shut down on our land borders. The rate of appendicitis symptoms will increased tremendously in our various hospitals for this stones and tares in the rice. Very bad .

Stop the lies there are so many good local rice

valarmorghulis:

Oga na where u dey buy ur own rice?

Nigeria market.

menacetosociety:
Stop the lies there are so many good local rice

yes there are some , but they are very scarce.

ridbell01:
if they don't do it now when are they going to do it

border closure have been done all this while please. I hope you know that dangote which is buhari ally import foods too.

sherif4owo:
This is a pure lie.

There are so many good rice without stones in the country now.

I just hope the government find a way to control the price of rice. The price is very unreasonable for consumers.. meanwhile the marketers are a making double and even triple profit than they were making on the imported rice. I understand that this is because of high demand and scarcity.

This government lacks proper implementation of good policies.

in the same Nigeria market, there are stoned rice.

Officialgarri:
Farmers will praise and miss Buhari

Food marketers will praise and miss Buhari

Government workers will praise and miss Buhari

Npower beneficiaries —the youths— will praise and miss Buhari

Many Nigerians will praise and miss Buhari

Only a few, the wailers and Internet gangsters will speak ill of him, but las las, they will praise and miss Buhari.

This border closure was one thing everyone clamoured for in other to encourage our local farm, but no government had the balls to do it because of what they gain from it. Never shall those past corrupt governments ever come back to our political system

Shut up.
As much as I support this single policy, hyping buhari as a Messiah is nonsense.
The guy is a failure of epic proportions.

Farmers fared better under the akinwumni adeshina led administration than now.
Most of the Micro and macro economics of the buhari administration have impoverished many Nigerians.
One good policy does not make a president.

Your president budgeted 5 billion to upgrade his expensive airplanes which he promised to sell in 2015, at the same time telling the South east that there is no money to repair a major airport.

The only people that would miss buhari are his fellow katsina cabals and sycophants like you.

He is one of the worst presidents I have ever seen.