The National Chairman of the Harmonized Traders Union, Dr Bature AbdulAziz, has urged the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to defer its policy of boarder closure against rice importation because Nigerians are extremely hungry because of rising food prices.
The Chairman told Sunday Telegraph that the policy stopping rice importations now will be anti-people because the nation is already facing shortage of foods and there was not enough money in the hands of the people to purchase them.
Dr AbdulAziz said although the policy on banning importation is highly commendable it should be done cautiously. He added that today, the Nigerian economy is in dire straits and something urgently needs to be done to salvage it. “We need strong measures to redeem the sorry state of our economy and what the government of Buhari is doing is the best and we should all support it and pray for it,” he said.
