The national president, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, Aminu Goronyo, says rice operators have resolved to reduce the price of rice to N13,000 per 50kg, stating that the price would further drop to N6,000 in a few months.
According to Goronyo, the current market price of rice, which is about N15,000 per 50kg bag, will drop to between N6,000 and N7,000 in a couple of months, going by the bumper wet season harvest by rice farmers.
He made this known after a meeting between rice farmers/processors and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, at the ministry’s headquarters, in Abuja.
He said, “This is just the beginning, the actual price of rice will come down because we are expecting a bumper harvest this year. We have sat down with the millers and have agreed that we are going to work together for the interest of Nigerians. I think you have been buying a bag of rice at the cost of N18,000, but today the price is between N13,000 to N15,000, meaning that the price is coming down.”
Asked whether the price would crash further to about N7,000 per 50kg bag, as was the case some years back, Goronyo replied, “Of course! Not even N7,000, it will crash to N6,000. Just give us some time; in fact, in the next few months and it will be for 50kg.”
