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Scarcity of foreign rice hits markets in Abuja, Jigawa
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There has been a scarcity of foreign rice weeks after the reopening of borders by the Federal Government, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
NAN reports that many traders in some markets in Abuja on Saturday were out of stock of foreign rice in their shops and warehouses.
Hajiya Rahmatu Mohammed, a rice seller in Utako Market in Abuja, said in view of the scarcity, the price of foreign rice had increased in the market.
Mohammed said that the scarcity started in the last two weeks.