{"id":18804,"date":"2017-11-01T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T16:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18804"},"modified":"2017-11-01T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T16:04:10","slug":"nigerian-customs-seize-6206-bags-rice-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nigerian-customs-seize-6206-bags-rice-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Customs Seize 6,206 Bags Of Rice In Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Customs on Monday has seized 6,206 bags of foreign parboiled rice in Lagos worth over N105,000,000 in cash.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Comptroller, Nigerian Customs, Mr. Dauda Ashigye and Comptroller Mohammed U. Garba briefed the Nigerian press on the seized bags of rice in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Smugglers have continued to make series of attempts to flood Nigeria with goods which are known to be contraband especially rice.<\/p>\n<p>Rice for instance has been the major smuggled food item despite that the food item is now largely grown locally.<\/p>\n<p>If smugglers are not checked, local farmers of rice who are now supplying over 60% of the produce into the Nigerian markets would suffer patronage.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Picture by: Abiodun Omotosho<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Customs on Monday has seized 6,206 bags of foreign parboiled rice in Lagos worth over N105,000,000 in cash. 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