ON Monday, the Federal Government revealed its plan to shut the land border between Nigeria and a neighbouring country to curb smuggling of rice into the country. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, made the disclosure in Abuja while speaking with youths in a leadership clinic under the auspices of Guardians of the Nation International. Ogbeh said that shutting the borders would encourage local production and sustain the economy. He said: “As we speak, a neighbour of ours is importing more rice than China is importing. They do not eat parboiled rice, they eat white rice, they use their ports to try and damage our economy. In a few days, you will hear the border has been shut. We are going to shut it to protect you and our economy. ”
Last week, the Federal Operations Unit (Zone A) of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) also raised the alarm on the…
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