You are eating expired product, Ali warns Nigerians on foreign rice

The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) on Wednesday said those who are eating foreign rice in the country are eating expired rice that were polished and re-bagged.

Ali, who made the disclosure during an inspection tour of Area 1 Command, Port Harcourt and Area 2 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Onne, insisted that the closure of the nation’s border would attract long term gains, which requires Nigerians to make sacrifices.

According to the Customs CG, the Service must reach out to Nigerians through the media and make them realise the ”deadly” effect of what they were consuming.

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Ali, who pointed out that the aim of the smugglers of foreign rice and other banned products was to bring the country to her knees, vowed that the Customs will continue to maintain zero tolerance for smuggling.

He said: ”We are consuming expired foreign rice and when it causes cancer, we begin to look for who to blame. What they do is that they polish the rice, re-bag them for unsuspecting consumers. That is what we eat.

”We (Nigeria Customs Service) must reach out to Nigerians through the media and make them know the deadly effect of what they are consuming.”

On the closure of Nigeria’s border, Ali stated that the country would be able to realise its deficiencies and tackle them once and for all, adding that Nigerians must make sacrifices for the nation’s industries to grow.

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