The media is awash with the baseless lies from Audu Ogbe, Nigerian Agriculture Minister, that Thailand Rice sales dropped because Nigerians are Producing their Own Rice. NOTE:-
1] This news is an unfounded lie as Nigeria in 2017 is the 2nd highest Importer of Rice in the world from 10th in 2014.
2] Nigeria Imported 3 million Metric Tonnes (mt) of Rice in 2017, double the figure imported by the whole of European Union.
3] If Nigeria produces enough rice the price should have crashed below N7,400 it was in May 2015.
4] Nigerian Importers are buying from Vietnam which has a lower grade Rice because of Fall in Naira Value. In 2017, Nigeria imported 1.5m mt out their 1.9m mt imports.
5] Thailand did not complain about Nigeria, but Audu Ogbe like other Nigerian Ministers fabricated that story. He refused to tell Nigerians that our Import from Vietnam jumped to 63%.
6] Audu Ogbe’s lies does not reflect the situation in Nigeria or the International record of Rice Export and Import data for 2017.
7] Thailand Had a Flooding in 2017 and that has a slight drop (3%-4%) in their production in and their production has stabilized in las few months.
BURSTING THEIR LIES IS MY HOBBY. – Chidi Cali