Eight steps to follow to buy cheap custom rice The anti-smuggling agency of Nigeria customs has started selling rice at the price of the na...

 Eight steps to follow to buy cheap custom rice

The anti-smuggling agency of Nigeria customs has started selling rice at the price of the nationals.

The move is one of the efforts to reduce the economic pain that Nigerians are facing

The spokesperson of the agency, Abdullahi Maiwada, told the BBC that the rice that the agency is selling is the rice that the officers of the agency seized when it was brought into the country illegally.

He said that the agency took the rice to the court where they got permission from the court to sell it to the poor people of the country.

Abdullahi Maiwada said that the sale of shinfara started today Friday in Lagos state, as a test before the agency later expands the project to other states of the country where it has such goods that it has seized.

The agency's spokesperson said that they sell a 25 kg bag of rice for 10,000 naira.

The steps taken by the agency to sell the rice

Abdullahi Maiwada said that the agency is following some steps of evaluation before selling the rice to the community like this.

Use of NIN - He said that the agency uses the number on the NIN card to identify the people it sells the rice to, so the person who has the NIN number will be able to buy it.

The people who are close to where the agency caught the goods - Abdullahi Maiwada said that the agency only sells the rice to people who are close to where it caught the rice, "so anyone who comes from far away will not be able to buy rice." ", he said.

Handicraftsmen - The spokesperson of the Customs Board said that one of the groups of people that the agency sells rice to are handicraftsmen. He said this was done to support them in developing their businesses.

School teachers - The board said that school teachers are among the group of people who will benefit from the purchase of rice sold by the customs office.

Street scavengers - Abdullahi Maiwada added that the people who scavenge the streets are also part of the group and the agency does not want to sell them the rice.

The people who are most in need - The spokesperson of the agency told the BBC that the purpose of selling the rice is to reduce the cost of living that the citizens are facing, so he said that they give priority to the people who are in dire need.

Women - Some groups of people who will benefit from the low-cost customs rice are women, especially the weak, who are taking care of small children.

Religious groups - Religious groups are among the communities that will benefit from this sale of rice by the customs agency, as the agency posted on its Facebook page.

The government also warned citizens who intend to sell the rice to traders, to refrain from doing so.

Abdullahi Maiwada said that anyone who does this will face the wrath of the commission, and he also said that the commission will keep an eye on the markets to see if the traders will buy the rice to sell.