{"id":104024,"date":"2021-11-08T05:50:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T04:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=104024"},"modified":"2021-11-08T05:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T04:50:58","slug":"we-are-working-with-security-agencies-to-combat-rice-smuggling-agric-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/08\/we-are-working-with-security-agencies-to-combat-rice-smuggling-agric-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"We are working with security agencies to combat rice smuggling &#8211; Agric minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of agriculture and rural development, Mohammed Abubakar has stated that his ministry will continue to collaborate with security agencies to reduce the illegal importation of rice through land borders.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by the minister during a meeting of the steering committee of the national task force on illegal importation.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Abubakar said that the ban on rice importation had brought about a significant increase in local rice production and unlocked economic opportunities for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/12\/customs-to-investigate-murder-of-officer-in-ogun\/\">rice investors<\/a> in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201dThe ministry is very concerned about the increase in smuggling and has convened this meeting to discuss critical issues to strategise and come up with concrete measures to enable the committee to carry out its duties effectively,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He noted that the improvement in the rice sub-sector needed to be sustained for the country\u2019s economic growth as signified by the contributions of the agricultural sector to the nation\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe resumed smuggling of foreign rice, especially through the land borders, is constituting a serious threat to these achievements,\u201d Abubakar said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201dTherefore, if the smuggling is left unchecked it will jeopardise all government efforts to enhance the domestic rice industry and make them ineffective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe federal government and the private sector have invested a lot of resources in rice production and processing over the years, because of the government\u2019s commitment to the development of the sub-sector through its various interventions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Abubakar explained that the Nigerian rice industry recorded significant progress in investments due to an increase in the quality and quantity of the milled rice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThere is no better time than now to maintain the rice production momentum to achieve self-sufficiency for food and nutrition security, job creation, wealth generation and import substitution,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In his remarks, Hameed Ali, the comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said the meeting had presented an avenue for the committee to deliberate how to curb insecurity and smuggling of rice into the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe Nigeria Customs Service cannot fight alone in the operation of the border patrol, but needs other security agencies, such as the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps, to beef up the joint operations of the task force,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking at the meeting, Dahiru Ado, chairman, presidential committee on trade malpractice, said his committee would continue to track and apprehend vessels that bring in rice into the country through Benin Republic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The statement said that the meeting resolved that the NCS should continue its border patrol operations and procure additional equipment to strengthen its operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">They also agreed that Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officers should be deployed to complement border patrol coordinated by the NCS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other resolutions reached by the participants included that stiffer penalties for rice smugglers, Nigerians should be encouraged to eat and patronise local rice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of agriculture and rural development, Mohammed Abubakar has stated that his ministry will continue to collaborate with security agencies to reduce the illegal importation of rice through land borders. 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