“Now that our people in the rural areas are going back to their farms, and the country has saved huge sums of money which would otherwise have been expended on importing rice using our scarce foreign reserves, we cannot allow smuggling of the product at...
Buhari with Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Minister of Abuja MFA, Geoffrey Onyeama and Nigerian Ambassador to Japan, Amb. Mohammed Gana Yisa after his arrival in Japan ahead of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development. Photo: TWITTER/DIGICOMMSNG
Until Buhari’s comment in Tokyo, there was no official statement announcing the closure but travellers have reported restrictions since August 20. Buhari introduced a few agricultural policies after taking office in 2015 that were aimed at reducing food imports to boost local production and conserve foreign exchange reserves.
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