Nigeria: Govt Threatens to Close Land Borders Over Rice Smuggling

30 May 2017

The Federal Government, yesterday, threatened to shut some land borders in Nigeria, if the smuggling of rice from neighbouring countries continues.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, gave the warning while addressing newsmen in Abuja on some of the Federal Government's achievements in the agriculture sector in the last two years.

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