Nigeria: Govt to Shut Land Border Soon Over Rice Smuggling

The Federal Government is to shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neigbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, made the disclosure in Abuja yesterday while speaking with youths in a lepadership clinic under the auspices of Guardians of the Nation International (GOTNI).

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