As Federal Government reopens some land borders and take-off of Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, agreement, rice millers under the auspices of Rice Millers Association of Nigeria, RIMAN, expressed fear and raised the alarm over massive smuggling of foreign rice into the country.
The alarm was raised by the National President, RIMAN, Mr. Peter Dama, in a statement made available to journalists as activities of smugglers of the commodity intensify.
According to the statement, millions of tonnes of smuggled rice is being offloaded at various entry points into the country on daily basis.
The statement states that as they praise the Nigerian Government on its efforts to ensure the growth in the Nigerian Rice sector, they are deeply concerned about the heavy rises in the smuggling of foreign rice into markets in the country.
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