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Stakeholders in the value chain, including local processors and growers, have expressed dismay over the development, saying it would reverse the gains recorded in the last few years.
However, some observers have blamed millers for mopping up paddy rice and processing it in piecemeal, to attract more profit, thereby sabotaging the effort of the federal government in making rice affordable to Nigerians.
President Muhammadu Buhari had in December, 2020, directed that the four borders that were closed in 2019 be reopened. Some traders told our correspondents that even while the border closure lasted, the commodity was a common sight in almost every shop.
By Chiazo Ogbolu
Badagry (Lagos State), Jan. 18, 2021 Nigeria’s Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, says the emergence of Co-Chair for the Joint Border Post will strengthen bilateral relationships and ensure the facility meets March 31 handover deadline.
Saraki, during the inspection of the joint border facility at Seme-Krake on Monday, added that the deadline for the facility handover was set by the European Union.
The co-chair for both countries include Mrs Agalasi Ehigie, Director Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration, Federal Ministry of Transportation for Nigeria and Mr Ani-Toure Lamine for the Republic of Benin.
Saraki, represented by Ehigie, noted that the lockdown imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the elevation of the previous co-chair had affected and slowed down work at the post.
Community Relations Agenda for the Incoming LASU VC, By Tunde Akanni 5 min read
Still wondering on the idea which the Lagos State University (LASU)’s current and potential stakeholders, as well as visitors may be consensual about? It’s the spiraling, seemingly insurmountable failure of community support for the University. This challenge is quite unmistakable that one might simply conclude that it doesn’t seem like LASU is anyone’s pride; the ubuquitous LASU Radio blaring benefits to the adjoining communities notwithstanding. This sharply contrasts the new popular lines of LASUITES that: “We are LASU/We are proud”. To conclude that this is disorienting is an understatement.