The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, said in Abuja on Thursday that about 8,000 bags of rice were smuggled into Nigeria daily from Benin Republic.
Mr. Adesina made this known at a public hearing on the Federal Government new rice tariff regime organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise.
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