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Vanguard News CSOs kick against N212 pump price hike On By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Following the alleged pump price increase of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, to N212.61, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, at the weekend, kicked against every move to actualize that. A template released by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, which increased petrol pump price to N212.61 per litre led to partial scarcity that has lingered for over one week with motorists still queuing at various filling stations across the country. What’s FG’s effort to improve local production of PMS? — ...

By Gabriel Ewepu, Abuja As Federal Government reopens some land borders and take-off of Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, agreement, rice millers under the auspices of Rice Millers Association of Nigeria, RIMAN, Saturday, expressed fear and raised the alarm over massive smuggling of foreign rice into the country. The alarm was raised by the National President, RIMAN, Peter Dama, in a statement made available to Sunday Vanguard, as activities of smugglers of the commodity intensify. According to the statement, millions of tonnes of smuggled rice is being offloaded at various entry po...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Their alarm comes barely five weeks after the federal government reopened Nigerian borders. The entry points were shut from August 20, 2019 to December 17, 2020 In a statement on Friday, RIMAN Chairman, Peter Dama, said tons of smuggled rice are being offloaded at the borders on a daily basis for transportation into Nigerian markets. He listed borders frequently used as Babura, Kongolon, Ibadan, Oyo State, Seme, Owede, Benin, among others. RIMAN urged the authorities to take urgent actions to stem the tide. Dama demanded that vehicles used to transport smuggled ri...

Dry Season Farming: Rice millers demand simplified conditions of CBN’s P-AADS On By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As dry season farming commences, rice millers under the auspices of Rice Millers Association of Nigerian, RIMAN, Thursday, demanded simplified process of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s, Private Sector-led Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme, P-AADS. In a chat with Vanguard, the National President, RIMAN, Peter Dama, said CBN should review its conditions that would encourage effective and more participation by RIMAN members in the programme. Dama further stated that the Devel...

Border Reopening: Rice millers propose stringent measures to curb illicit businesses On By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Federal Government announces the reopening of some land borders, rice millers under the auspices of Rice Millers Association of Nigeria, RIMAN, Sunday, proposed stringent measures to curb illicit businesses carried by criminal-minded persons undermining the prohibition of some items by the government. This was made known by the National President, RIMAN, Peter Dama, in an interview with Vanguard, following fears of connivance by some government security personnel with those w...