You need NIN to buy bag of rice for N40,000 – Nigerian govt

The Nigerian Government has said only citizens with National Identification Numbers (NIN) would benefit from the sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice at a subsidised rate of N40,000 per 50kg bag.

This directive was given by President Bola Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, at the flag-off ceremony on Thursday, that the rice intervention will be sold strictly on a “one person, one bag” basis.

Kyari explained that the 50kg bags of rice, priced at a flat rate of ₦40,000, are part of the Federal Government’s effort to provide subsidised milled rice to help alleviate the ongoing food crisis in Nigeria.

“This food intervention can be said to be timely considering the times and challenges we are in as citizens of this great nation.

“As one of the numerous efforts of the present administration to cushion the effect of high cost of food commodities, kindly join me in applauding the immense efforts of the present administration such as the release of 42,000MT of Assorted Food Commodities (AFC) to vulnerable and the 30,000MT of milled rice which is being flagged-off for sales to Nigerians today September 5, 2024,” he stated.

On buyer verification, Kyari explained that a multi-disciplinary government task force has been deployed to ensure transparency, broad distribution and the overall success of the initiative.