Renewed Rice Smuggling: Won't FG Heed RIPAN's Clarion Call? By Abdulsalam Mahmud   Again, rice smuggling. Will it ever end? Let me be categorical. When will the illegal importation of rice into Nigeria become history? It doesn't appear to be soon, if the cover of one...

RIPAN and Burden of Tackling Rice Smuggling, by Abdulsalam Mahmud   Nigeria is one country where the smuggling of foreign goods of all kinds is rife. The country's porous land borders are gateways for criminals better known as smugglers to bring in all sorts of contrabands. Are...

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...

Renewed Smuggling Threatens N3.4tr Rice Investment in the Processing Sub-sector- RIPAN …13m jobs may be lost     The renewed foreign rice smuggling into the Country is threatening the N3.4 trillion investments in rice processing sub-sector of the economy, the Director General of the Rice Processors Association of...

Rice Farmers Applaud Closure of Border The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has commended the federal government’s decision to shut down a neighbouring country through which rice is smuggled on a large scale into Nigeria. Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, President Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN),...