The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has commended the federal government’s decision to shut down a neighbouring country through which rice is smuggled on a large scale into Nigeria.
President, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, said in Abuja yesterday that the closure of the border would encourage the patronage of local rice.
“If adequate measure is not taken to stop the activities of the smugglers, it would have adverse effects on the bumper harvests expected from the rice revolution and create rice glut,’’ he said.
Chief Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, had announced that government would shut down a neighbouring border soon.
The minister explained that rice are being smuggled into Nigeria through the unnamed country in spite of efforts to prevail on the country to curb the menace.
Goronyo said the move has become imperative because the ongoing Rice Revolution undertaken by many state governments and…
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