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'We'll Keep Crashing Rice Price' - BUA Chairman Rabiu Warns Hoarders

  • Abdul Samad Rabiu, Chairman of BUA Group, pledged on May 15, 2025, in Abuja to further lower rice and food prices after meeting President Tinubu.
  • This follows President Tinubu’s July 2024 decision to temporarily waive import tariffs on food products to help reduce inflation, a policy that BUA Foods supported by bringing in large quantities of rice and other staples.
  • Rabiu highlighted the Rice Millers Association’s effort to stop members from hoarding rice, which had previously inflated prices, and credited the president’s six-month duty waiver for reducing costs.
  • Rice prices dropped from about ₦110,000 per 50 kg bag last year to around ₦60,000 today, benefiting 250 million Nigerians, while some hoarders are now losing money, Rabiu said.
  • Rabiu affirmed BUA Group’s commitment to back the government’s reforms aimed at food security and economic growth, signaling strengthened public-private collaboration to stabilize and lower food costs.
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SocietyNow broke the news in on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
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