Imported Rice: C-G Customs Warns Nigerians On Consumption, Says It Is Poisonous - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 16, 2019
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd), has appealed to Nigerians to stop consuming foreign rice because it is poisonous.
He said this on Thursday in Abuja at a news conference organised by the Ministry of Finance.
Ali said that the Federal Government had not issued license for importation of rice and that any rice seen on the streets that was not produced in Nigeria was smuggled.
He said that the imported rice was poisonous because before coming into the country, it must have spent a minimum of five years in the silos.
Ali said that rice importation was one of the biggest challenges the NCS was encountering, adding that it still happens because Nigerians consume the imported rice.
He added that Nigerians were not helping matters as they helped the smugglers bring in the product.
According to him, if Nigerians stop buying the imported rice, smugglers will go out of business and there will be no need to bring it in.