Nigeria: Two Million Metric Tons of Rice Smuggled Into Nigeria Annually - Senate Committee

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Nigeria: Two Million Metric Tons of Rice Smuggled Into Nigeria Annually - Senate Committee

[Premium Times] The committee said, in 2021, the production of milled rice in Nigeria was estimated to amount to five million metric tons.

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