Poisoned rice flood Nigerian market – Poisoned rice smuggled into the country may have flooded Nigerian markets – The commodity are being imported from neighboring Benin Republic into Nigeria – The rice has been exposed to poor storage facilities, rain and weevils thereby making the commodity not fit for human consumption.
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There are reports that expired foreign rice smuggled into the country through Seme, Idiroko, Shaki and Chikanda borders may have flooded Nigerian markets, Leadership reports.
Nigeria shares major borders with Benin Republic at Seme Border (Lagos), Idiroko (Ogun State), Shaki (Oyo State) and Chikanda (Kwara State).
The rice has been exposed to poor storage facilities, rain, weevils and other unhygienic forms of storage, thereby making the commodity toxic and not fit for human consumption anymore.
It was gathered that a larger percentage of rice imported into the Francophone country were meant for sale in Nigeria.
However, the rice was smuggled into the country through methods that include pouring grains of rice into various crevices of vehicles.
The product are also believed to be conveyed in open wooden canoes across creeks and waterways with large quantity of unhygienic waters splashing on them.
Despite the very obvious activities of the Federal Operation Unit (FOU) A, Ikeja to stem smuggling, border commands of Seme, Idiroko, Oyo/Oshun have not been able to check smuggling of these toxic commodities from getting into Nigeria in large quantities.
The federal government about a week ago had said that the price of rice would start to fall from November this year. According to the government, more Nigerians have returned to their various farms and by the next harvesting season in November, the price of rice would start to crash.
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