Beware! Expired Rice Floods Market In Nigeria

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.
Ali at a joint news conference on illegal rice
importation to Nigeria on Tuesday, October 4, in
Abuja said 99 per cent of rice smuggled through the
land borders is not fit for human consumption. He
said NAFDAC samples have showed that smuggled
rice through the borders was unfit for human
consumption.

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