There's No Food In Nigeria; Lift the Ban on Importation of Rice – Sultan of Sokoto

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the Nigeria Customs Service to consider lifting the ban on importation of rice through the land borders.

The Sultan made the call when the Comptroller-General of the Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd), visited him in his palace in Sokoto on Monday. He said that the order had brought hardship on the Nigerian masses as it had aggravated scarcity of the commodity in the country.

The sultan said, "The policy should be revisited with a view to make amends and ameliorate the suffering of Nigerians.”

He said that he had been receiving cries’ from the masses on their plight over hardship, and appealed to the head of the service to address the issue urgently.

"There is no food in the country hence the need for the borders to be reopened for rice importation.”