The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), made up of governors of the 36 states have raised concern over the quality of rice being consumed by Nigerians. The governors described it as substandard, harmful and called on the Nigeria Customs Service to take urgent measures to arrest the situation. A statement by NGF’s Head, Media and Public Affairs, Abulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, said the alarm was contained in a communique released after the forum’s last meeting in Abuja. The governors said a large consignment of rice still finding its way into the Nigerian market was imported since 2014 when the Goodluck Jonathan administration issued a liberal import licence regime to those who were able to bring a substantial quantity of rice into the country using a waiver from the presidency at the time. The governors noted that while bulk of the consignment was stale, others were either rejected in other countries or had overstayed in various warehouses before they found their way into Nigeria ...
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