Despite Govt's Interventions, Smuggling Remains Bane of Nigeria's Rice Production - RIPAN Days after an investigative report by Economic Confidential on How Illicit Rice Importation is Threatening FG’s Agricultural Sector Interventions, a major stakeholder has raised its voice on the situation. The Rice Processors Association of...

Should Senate Tackle Customs for Rice Seizure?, by Zubaida Baba Ibrahim       Despite being Africa’s highest producer of rice, Nigeria spent an average of $4.2bn on its importation. These statistics were the basis on which the ban on rice importation was implemented in 2019. The importation ban...

Rice Processors Tackle Senate Over Directive on Customs to return Confiscated Smuggled Rice Rice Processors Association of Nigeria(RIPAN) has frowned at the directive given by the Senate to the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) to return to their owners confiscated smuggled foreign rice seized from various shops...