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Nigeria:
Nigeria Rice Millers Criticise Custom's Decision to Allow Rice Importation
Premium Times, 8 October 2015
The National Rice Millers Association of Nigeria, NRMAN, said on Thursday in Abuja that the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, erred in its decision to lift the ban on importation of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Customs Orders Immediate Removal of Restriction On Rice Import
This Day, 8 October 2015
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has ordered the immediate removal of rice from import restriction list and the re-introduction of import duty payment at… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Customs Lifts Ban On Rice Import Across Land Borders
Leadership, 8 October 2015
The comptroller-general of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd), has ordered the immediate removal of rice from import restriction list and the re-introduction of import duty payment at… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Customs Removes Rice From Import Restriction List At Land Borders
Daily Trust, 7 October 2015
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has ordered the immediate removal of rice from import restriction list and the re-introduction of import duty payment at… Read more »
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Nigeria:
'Nigeria Depended On Imported Rice for Too Long'
Daily Trust, 21 August 2015
Rotimi Williams, 34, is a rice farmer and the Managing Director, TW Heritage Company which includes Kereksuk Rice Farm in Benue State. In this interview he talks on why rice… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Deadline On Rice Importation Is Not Achievable - AFAN
Daily Trust, 19 August 2015
Dr Tunde Arosanyi is the technical adviser to All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN). In this interview, he spoke on why agriculture has failed and how Nigeria can attain… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Rice Importers, Manufacturers Rue CBN's Forex Policy
Guardian, 9 August 2015
THE inclusion, by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), of 41 items as not valid for foreign exchange is taking a toll on manufacturers, rice importers and millers, who are now asking… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria, Others to Import 760,000 Tonnes of Thai Rice September
Daily Trust, 31 July 2015
The Thai Rice Exporters Association said Wednesday the rice will be supplied to Nigeria, Mozambique, and South Africa. Read more »
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Nigeria:
CBN Wields Big Stick On Rice Importers Over Alleged Fraud
Guardian, 30 July 2015
For allegedly refusing to pay about N30 billion accrued as import duties on rice, the the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened to weild the big stick on indicted importers… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria Spends $2.4bn On Rice Importation in 3 Years - Emefiele
Premium Times, 28 July 2015
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday said the Federal Government spent $2.41 billion on rice importation between January 2012 and May 2015. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why Emefiele Is Right On Importation Ban
Guardian, 21 July 2015
NOT many Nigerians remember that decades ago, the Apapa Mile 2 road in Lagos was one of the most vibrant economic hubs in the country. It played host to a lot of textile factories… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Pains, Gains of CBN's Forex Restriction on Imports
Daily Trust, 13 July 2015
Nigeria, no doubt, is a home for all manner of foreign goods despite the mounting campaigns by successive governments to switch to the patronage of local goods. Regrettably, some… Read more »