{"id":6010,"date":"2023-07-30T20:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/?p=6010"},"modified":"2023-07-30T20:00:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T20:00:50","slug":"lagos-rice-traders-lament-hike-in-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/lagos-rice-traders-lament-hike-in-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Rice Traders Lament Hike In Price"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-48.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-48.png 693w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-48-600x372.png 600w, https:\/\/ricenewstoday.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-48-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rice traders in Lagos State have bemoaned the recent increase in the price of the produce in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The traders disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Men on Thursday in Lagos.<br>They, however, attributed the price increase to various factors ranging from the recent border closure by the Nigeria Customs Service and unavailability of the produce.<br>Mrs Modupe Phillips-Yusuf, a rice trader in Badagry area of the state, said the price increase was not rumoured but a situation the traders were currently not happy about.<br><em><strong>\u201cIt is not a rumour that the price of rice has increased, currently it is not even available in the market.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>\u201cWe sold a bag of rice for N31,000 three weeks ago, now the price has increased. A bag of rice now sells between N45,000 to N50,000 depending on the variety you are buying.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>\u201cThe short grain sells for N45,000, while the long grain sells for between N49,000 and N50,000,\u201d Phillips-Yusuf said.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>She attributed the price hike to the recent border closure due to arms and ammunition discovered by customs in a truck delivering the produce.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>\u201cAlso, the recent fluctuations in the exchange rate, this is the situation we find ourselves currently,<\/strong><\/em>\u201d Phillips-Yusuf said.<br>Mr Abdulhakeem Temitayo, a rice dealer at Ijora axis of the state, said the recent closure of the border by Customs have made the produce scarce hence the price hike.<br>\u201c<em><strong>The price of rice has increased since last week. This is due to the recent closure of the borders to rice, groundnut oil and tin tomatoes importation by the customs.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>\u201cSome smugglers of rice were reportedly caught with arms and ammunition hidden beneath the bags of rice hence the closure.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>\u201cA bag of short grain rice used to sell for N30,000 per bag now goes for N40,000 per bag.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>\u201cAnd a bag of long grain which sold at N38,000 two weeks ago now sells from N47,000 to N48,000 at wholesale price.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>\u201cThe hike in price is blamed on the unavailability of the produce currently. The few that have old stock have increased their price,<\/strong><\/em>\u201d Temitayo said.<br>Another trader, John Nwabueze, called for quick intervention of the government to address the issue.<br>\u201c<em><strong>I cannot afford to engage in panic buying and incur losses in the long run.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>\u201cWe do not know the reason for this recent increase in the price of rice.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>\u201cAs of last week, we still sold a bag of long grain at N38,000 but now it sells for as high as N46,000 to N48,000.<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>\u201cCurrently, a bag of short grain rice sells for N42,000 as against N31,000 we sold last week.<\/strong><\/em><br>Nwabueze said he heard that the issues would soon be resolved and discouraged people from panic buying which might lead to loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NAN\/Lateefah Ibrahim<a href=\"https:\/\/von.gov.ng\/author\/lateefat-ibrahim\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rice traders in Lagos State have bemoaned the recent increase in the price of the produce in the state. The traders disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Men on Thursday in Lagos.They, however, attributed the price increase to various factors ranging from the recent border closure by the Nigeria Customs Service and unavailability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[159],"class_list":["post-6010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-rice-news"],"acf":{"enable_premium_overlay":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lagos Rice Traders Lament Hike In Price - Rice News Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagos Rice Traders Lament Hike In Price - Rice News Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rice traders in Lagos State have bemoaned the recent increase in the price of the produce in the state. 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