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March 13, 2021
There has been scarcity of foreign rice weeks after reopening of borders by the Federal Government, newsmen report.
Newsmen report 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.
“In January and February, we have the foreign rice available all over the place in this market, that time we were buying N25,00 and selling at N26,000 but in the last two weeks, it has gone up to N27,000 and N28,000, yet we are not seeing it.
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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.