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As the recession bites harder, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Customs Service, Wale Adeniyi, has revealed that the Comptroller-General of the body, Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd), has removed the ban on importation of rice.<\/p>\n

He also stated in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the import duty payment at land borders has been reintroduced.<\/p>\n

A lot of Nigerians as a result of the economic recession have suffered untold hardships, even as this became worsened with the government placing a ban on the importation of rice, which was a major staple food in the domestic economy.
\nAccording to him, the restriction used to be applied only at land border stations, adding that all rice imports through land borders by rice traders would attract the prevailing import duty of 10 per cent with 60 per cent levy.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the years importation has been restricted to the seaports because border authorities have found it difficult to effectively monitor and control importation of rice.<\/p>

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\u201cWhen the decision to ban it (rice) was taken it was not an effective measure because smuggling of the product thrives with people using different means of conveyance including small trucks, bicycles and even animals \u2013 putting them on donkeys and some actually carry it on their heads.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese new measures will be for customs to reognise their anti-smuggling operations in the border areas and ensure that all those importers through the borders bring their rice through approved routes and pay their extant duty,\u201d he was quoted to have said.<\/p>\n

Ali has also recently warned Nigerians to desist from patronizing rice smuggled through land borders.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a joint news conference on illegal rice importation to Nigeria on Tuesday, October 4, in Abuja Ali said 99 per cent of rice smuggled through the land borders is not fit for human consumption.<\/p>\n

According to NAN, he said NAFDAC samples have showed that smuggled rice through the borders was unfit for human consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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