• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
    • Government
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • Chinese nationals jailed in Lagos

      Court Jails Nine Chinese Nationals for Cybercrime in Lagos

      ASUU

      Tackle Corruption, Institutional Decay – ASUU Charges FG

      EFCC Arraigns Bauchi Accountant General Over N8bn Fraud as Court Sentences…

      PRNigeria logo fearured image

      EFCC Arraigns Ex-Convict, Other for Naira Abuse in Lagos

      EFCC Arrests 37 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Ilorin

  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
    • Customs Diplomacy: Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Ink Mutual Assistance Deal

      Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

      Nigeria, Belarus Forge Alliance to Combat Smuggling, Facilitate Trade

      President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and CG Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi

      Tinubu Hails Customs Boss Wale Adeniyi on Historic Election as WCO…

      WTO Lauds Nigeria Customs for Embracing Global Trade Standards

      Nigeria, Rwanda Sign Landmark Tax Treaty to Boost Cross-Border Investment

  • National
    • NELFUND

      NELFUND Warns Students Against Fake Loan Application Portal

      Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and the Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede,

      Security Watchdog Hails NSA, Military for Anti-Terrorism Successes

      IGP Kayode Egbetokun Police Boss

      IGP Egbetokun: Leading the Charge for a Safer Nigeria By Danjuma…

      Police Officer

      Police Rescue 29 Captives, Arrest 3 Suspects in Kogi, Lagos, Katsina

      NDLEA arrests ex-footballer for drug trafficking

      NDLEA Arrest Ex-Nigerian Footballer, 72-Year-Old Grandma, Others Over Illicit Drugs Trafficking

    • Government
      • Tinubu Seeks Visa Waivers, Scholarships as Nigeria Establishes Diplomatic Ties with…

        Malam Yusuf Abubakar Dingyadi

        Dingyadi, PDP Chair’s Vocal Spokesperson, Resigns

        Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar

        Ambassador Tuggar’s Doctrine of Calm in a World on Fire By…

        A brief travelogue by Fredrick Nwabufo

        Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack

        18 Workers, Two MDAs Honoured as Federal Civil Service Week Ends

  • Security
    • Police Officer

      Kano Police Confirm Death of Armed Robber After Foiled Attack on…

      Nigerian Navy Personnel

      Navy Arrests Suspected Militant, Recovers Machine Gun in Bayelsa

      Police Nab Two for Cement Diversion Across Four States

      Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and the Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede,

      Security Watchdog Hails NSA, Military for Anti-Terrorism Successes

      IGP Kayode Egbetokun Police Boss

      IGP Egbetokun: Leading the Charge for a Safer Nigeria By Danjuma…

  • Features
    • IGP Kayode Egbetokun Police Boss

      IGP Egbetokun: Leading the Charge for a Safer Nigeria By Danjuma…

      NDLEA Logo

      Drug Culture in Nigerian Music: When Art Imitates Harm By Arafat…

      Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar

      Ambassador Tuggar’s Doctrine of Calm in a World on Fire By…

      A brief travelogue by Fredrick Nwabufo

      WTO Lauds Nigeria Customs for Embracing Global Trade Standards

  • State
    • Police Officer

      Kano Police Confirm Death of Armed Robber After Foiled Attack on…

      Nigerian Navy Personnel

      Navy Arrests Suspected Militant, Recovers Machine Gun in Bayelsa

      Tinubu Seeks Visa Waivers, Scholarships as Nigeria Establishes Diplomatic Ties with…

      Plateau Delegation Visits Zaria Over Mangu Killings

      Anambra Police Arrest Man for Masterminding Friend’s Abduction, Collection of N5.3m…

  • Event
    • NELFUND

      NELFUND Warns Students Against Fake Loan Application Portal

      EFCC Witness: Yahaya Bello Had No Property Dealings With EFAB

      Hon. Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu (RMS), with PRNigeria Ladies in PR I'm Abuja

      Rukayat Shittu Set to Publish Inspirational Book “Cracking the Glass Ceiling”,…

      Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo

      Former Kwara Governor, Chief Adebayo, Dies at 84

      Managing Editor of Image Merchants, Mr Abdulrahman Abdulraheem, PR Expert, Celestine Achi and the Editor-in-chief, Yushau Shuaib presenting the book to PRNigeria center

      PRNigeria Commends New Book on Artificial Intelligence in Public Relations

    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Home Economy Rice Processors, Farmers Groan as Smuggled Foreign Rice Returns to Northern Markets
  • Economy
  • National

Rice Processors, Farmers Groan as Smuggled Foreign Rice Returns to Northern Markets

By
Prnigeria
-
April 16, 2023
imported rice
imported rice

Rice Processors, Farmers Groan as Smuggled Foreign Rice Returns to Northern Markets

Different brands of foreign rice, especially from Thailand and India are flooding into some markets in Kano, Jigawa, and Katsina States in Northern Nigeria.

The worrisome development, according to agricultural experts and some local rice dealers, has greatly affected the local production of the staple food commodity.

This is just as persons who engage in the commercial cultivation of rice at Kano, Jigawa and Katsina States, are lamenting the effects of the continued smuggling of foreign rice, into the country through the porous borders.

Their views were contained in a special report by Economic Confidential titled, “How Illicit Rice Importation Threatens FG’s Agricultural Sector Interventions”.

The report was produced with support from the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), under the Collaborative Media Engagement for Development Inclusivity and Accountability Project (CMEDIA), funded by the MacArthur Foundation.

In a deliberate effort to boost the local production of rice and increase its market value, the federal government had in August 2019 directed the closure of land borders and equally banned the importation of foreign rice.

Thus, imports into Nigeria are to come through seaports, where customs duties can be imposed more easily than at land borders.

The move was aimed at checkmating the influx of foreign rice that is being smuggled into the country through the country’s porous land borders.

The period under review witnessed watershed activities around the agricultural sector, especially rice production. Because local production was boosted and the value in terms of accruing profits to the farmers jumped very high.

However, on December 16, 2020, the president ordered the reopening of four borders including Seme in Lagos, Illela in Sokoto, Maigatari in Jigawa, and Mfum in Cross River.

Also in April 2022, Buhari, through the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) approved the reopening of four more land borders. The borders are Idiroko in Ogun, Jibiya in Katsina, Kamba in Kebbi and Ikom in Cross River.

Read Also:

  • NELFUND Warns Students Against Fake Loan Application Portal
  • Kano Police Confirm Death of Armed Robber After Foiled Attack on Household
  • Navy Arrests Suspected Militant, Recovers Machine Gun in Bayelsa

A recent survey conducted by Economic Confidential shows that foreign rice still floods many Nigerian markets, a development that is undermining the demand and value of locally produced rice.

At Singer and Kura Rice Market in Kano and as well as Central Market in Katsina and Ultra Modern Market in Jigawa States, there is foreign rice in abundance, but only presented to intending buyers on demand.

In most of the shops at the markets, both foreign and local rice are being traded, however, only the latter are displayed visibly for potential customers to see.

Some of the varieties of locally produced rice sighted included Umza, Al-hamsad rice, Gerawa rice, Labana Rice, Mighty Pure Rice, Tiamin, Fursa and Tomato King. Their selling price at the markets ranges from N30,000 to N33,000, while the foreign ones like Thailand rice is sold between N34,000 to N37,000.

While expanding the scope of the investigation to the Southern part of Nigeria, it was found that the market price for illegally imported/smuggled rice is cheaper than the locally produced rice.

According to Chief Kingsley Muoneke, a processor and NMC Rice Distributors in Lagos, foreign rice is cheap because smugglers don’t pay levies or taxes to the government’s coffers.

However, Mr. Kingsley stated that the price varies according to the proximity of the markets to borders through which the foreign rice is being smuggled.

He said “When these rice reached the target warehouse, the cost is less as they are traded between N27,000-N28,000 and by the time they cross it from Alaba Rago, Sango Otta or Ijebu Ode , they add an extra charge of N1000-N1500 depending on the cost of transportation and security or police they would have to settle before reaching the market.”

Having followed all these processes of stopovers, he noted that the smuggled rice can be sold between N30,000-N31,500 in the market which is cheaper than the locally produced rice that is traded for about N33,000.

Mr. Kingsley also made a revelation of how locally produced rice in Nigeria is being cloned through repackaging and sold to consumers as foreign ones.

While advising the government on how to tackle the challenge, Mr. Kingsley said; “The only way to get out of this is for the Nigerian Customs Service(NCS) to step up and do their job diligently.”

 

By PRNigeria

 

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • CMEDIA
  • Foreign Rice
  • Rice
Previous articleBaze University matriculates 1,224 new students
Next articleCPJ, CISLAC Condemn ‘Political Conviction’ of Young Journalists over Report on Drug Abuse
Prnigeria
Prnigeria
https://prnigeria.com/

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

NELFUND

NELFUND Warns Students Against Fake Loan Application Portal

FACT-CHECK: Did Borno Governor Zulum’s Wife Lift Primary School Mate Out of Poverty in Viral Video?

Fact-Check: Did Saudi ‘Sleeping Prince’ Wake Up After 20 Years in a Coma?

Fact Check: Does Rat Faeces Cure Appendicitis as Claimed in Viral Video?

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and the Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede,

Security Watchdog Hails NSA, Military for Anti-Terrorism Successes

IGP Kayode Egbetokun Police Boss

IGP Egbetokun: Leading the Charge for a Safer Nigeria By Danjuma S. Musa

FG Officials Arrives S’Arabia for Business Mogul Aminu Dantata’s Burial in Madinah

Police Officer

Police Rescue 29 Captives, Arrest 3 Suspects in Kogi, Lagos, Katsina

Customs Diplomacy: Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Ink Mutual Assistance Deal

Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

Nigeria, Belarus Forge Alliance to Combat Smuggling, Facilitate Trade

NDLEA arrests ex-footballer for drug trafficking

NDLEA Arrest Ex-Nigerian Footballer, 72-Year-Old Grandma, Others Over Illicit Drugs Trafficking

Malam Yusuf Abubakar Dingyadi

Dingyadi, PDP Chair’s Vocal Spokesperson, Resigns

Recent Posts

  • NELFUND Warns Students Against Fake Loan Application Portal
  • Kano Police Confirm Death of Armed Robber After Foiled Attack on Household
  • Navy Arrests Suspected Militant, Recovers Machine Gun in Bayelsa
  • Tinubu Seeks Visa Waivers, Scholarships as Nigeria Establishes Diplomatic Ties with Saint Lucia, OECS
  • Police Nab Two for Cement Diversion Across Four States
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
NELFUND Warns Students Against Fake Loan Application PortalKano Police Confirm Death of Armed Robber After Foiled Attack on HouseholdNavy Arrests Suspected Militant, Recovers Machine Gun in BayelsaTinubu Seeks Visa Waivers, Scholarships as Nigeria Establishes Diplomatic Ties with Saint Lucia, OECSPolice Nab Two for Cement Diversion Across Four StatesFACT-CHECK: Are Travelers in Kogi Under Attack by Armed Fulani Herdsmen?FACT-CHECK: Did Borno Governor Zulum's Wife Lift Primary School Mate Out of Poverty in Viral Video?Fact-Check: Did Saudi 'Sleeping Prince' Wake Up After 20 Years in a Coma?Fact Check: Does Rat Faeces Cure Appendicitis as Claimed in Viral Video?Security Watchdog Hails NSA, Military for Anti-Terrorism SuccessesIGP Egbetokun: Leading the Charge for a Safer Nigeria By Danjuma S. MusaISWAP Terrorists Eliminated While Planting IEDs on Borno HighwayFG Officials Arrives S'Arabia for Business Mogul Aminu Dantata’s Burial in MadinahPolice Rescue 29 Captives, Arrest 3 Suspects in Kogi, Lagos, KatsinaCustoms Diplomacy: Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Ink Mutual Assistance Deal
X whatsapp