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Lagosians Complain Bitterly About Lake Rice Trouble (39748 Views)
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EdifiedCEO: 9:56am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Lagosians who want to purchase the government's Lake Rice, which costs N12,000 per 50kg bag, are complaining bitterly. The news of Lake rice's arrival had been greeted with cheers but when sales began on Thursday, the cheers turned to complaints. Instead of finding relief in the scheme like they had expected, many people in fact had their problems compounded while trying to access the product. The frustration is mounting. Here are s of three residents who were frustrated trying to get the product: Kelechi Ukatu, from Ori-Okuta, Ikorodu said: “In my life, I have never suffered the way I did on Thursday,” “I left my house very early that morning to go to Farm Service Centre in Odogunyan where the LAKE Rice was to be sold for interested buyers living around Ikorodu. Of course by the time I got there around 10:00am, I met more than 200 people who had already ed and gone to pay in the bank. By the time it was my turn to my name; I was the 700th person for that day alone. “While I was still there, waiting to get a teller to go and pay in the bank, the 200 people who had already paid were asked to wait for their payments to be confirmed at the state secretariat at Alausa before they would be given their rice. Many of them waited for hours and later left the place angrily after some of the officials asked them to check back the next day. “A lot of people also left in frustration after waiting several hours just to get a teller to go and pay in the bank. I left the place by 1:00pm without recording any success. On Friday morning, I went back to check, the situation was worse, I had to give up. I am just pained that I wasted that much time waiting in a queue for something that won’t even get to me. If not for God, I could have fainted in the midst of that suffering,” she said, fuming with rage. Mr. Ayodele Bamgbose, another Ikorodu resident said: “It is a good thing that the Lagos State Government came up with this idea of selling bags of rice for N12, 000 each but their good intention has turned to a huge disappointment for many of us who cannot even get to buy the product even after visiting the Odogunyan centre for two days. “Apart from the large number of people at the place, the process one is subjected to before he or she can purchase just one bag is not fair. In fact, if you are not healthy, you could faint in the process. “How can people wait in the queue for more than two hours just to and be given tellers to go and pay in the bank? Even by the time you pay and come back, they tell you they have to confirm if your payment has reflected in the server in Alausa. This is madness to me; it does not make sense in any way,” he said. “How can they ask us to provide our LASRA cards just because we want to purchase rice?” Bunmi Ogunleye, a hairdresser, asked angrily. “It is not as if it’s a document that every resident of Lagos has yet, so I don’t know why that should be used as a condition to purchase the LAKE Rice. I left the centre I visited because the idea did not make any sense to me,” she said. There were similar tales of frustration and disappointment in many of the sales points across most local government areas of Lagos between Thursday and Friday. For many, the exercise had not lived up to their expectations especially with the criteria adopted to select beneficiaries. http://www.newshelm.com/2016/12/lagosians-complain-bitterly-about-lake.html 3 Shares |
dingbang(m): 9:58am On Dec 24, 2016 |
But aren't they enjoying the rice
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OZAOEKPE(f): 10:00am On Dec 24, 2016 |
onatisi its like i go go for OCEAN RICE ![]() 26 Likes 2 Shares |
Sweetguy25: 10:00am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Na by force to chop rice? What is so special about rice anyway?
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PentiumPro(f): 10:01am On Dec 24, 2016 |
What is special about rice sef? Eat any good damn thing you can readily buy with your money !! 12 Likes 3 Shares |
Emekamex(m): 10:13am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Nigerians like celebrating mediocrity. Citizens queueing for several hours just to buy basic foodstuff is not an achievement.
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KINGwax007(m): 10:16am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Anambra's phantom rice was claimed to be exported, so that people will not say they didn't see any rice ![]() ![]() Kudos to Lagos... But they shld have collected cash All the same, kudos... 53 Likes 6 Shares |
idupaul: 10:17am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Essential commodity is back period
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2muchopoTBdope(m): 10:20am On Dec 24, 2016 |
U waste 15000 naira worth of energy to buy 12k Rice...it's well. Me no fit disturb myself like this cos of rice when a cup of beans (Oloyin) na 200 box. Afterall, 25th will come and go!
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reptile1: 10:25am On Dec 24, 2016 |
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DaBullIT(m): 10:25am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Wetin Kelechi Ukatu dey complain for ?? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah Shebi Buhari na monster and una no want anything from am Anyways , There's bound to be complications because FG chose to oversee the sales I trust my Nna brosses , if given the chance, they will buy a truckload and sell it at 20k per bag , for them its bizineezi ernesty20: I hope you enjoyed your comment while it lasted ? 27 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Lagosians Complain Bitterly About Lake Rice Trouble by Nobody: 10:41am On Dec 24, 2016 |
KINGwax007:I've come to find out its only kids that turn serious issues into tribal slur and war. Growing up is very important for you 56 Likes 4 Shares |
onatisi(m): 10:43am On Dec 24, 2016 |
OZAOEKPE:Apc keep scamming Nigerians , When will Nigerians start using their brains Haba I cant still believe this Are Nigerians this dumbly stupid or is hunger that is affecting their brains . When will they see through these politicians tricks and gimmicks. I think it is time I also contest ooooo Haba 28 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Lagosians Complain Bitterly About Lake Rice Trouble by Nobody: 10:44am On Dec 24, 2016 |
DaBullIT:Kelechi is a Nigeria who resides in Lagos in the same Nigeria and pays his tax. People made genuine complaints and the only thing you could do was to start profiling them. Please stand in queue behind that Kingwax above and grow up when he finishes his own 46 Likes 6 Shares |
KINGwax007(m): 10:46am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Kathmandu:since u never write jamb, it is only safe and a fact for me to say, 'i am old enough to be ur fada'.. No insult intended. Was Anambra rice not imported instead of being sold to the masses when rice was even a dire issue? Now, the above question only matters if there was actually an Anambra planted rice and not the same ugu issue... I wonder where the ugu and rice come dey now sef.. 15 Likes |
DaBullIT(m): 10:47am On Dec 24, 2016 |
hahahahaha, So now we are discussing tax and being Nigerian ? the enugu protesters and Biafra crooners will beg to differ Shurrup dia joor , wot duyu no ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kathmandu: 11 Likes 2 Shares |
DaBullIT(m): 10:49am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Oh and the person you quoted was right , there was news about anambra rice selling for 9K , what happened to all that stock ? did wike buy it and share it during elections ?? Kathmandu: https://nairaland.macsoftware.info/3267971/anambra-rice-circulation-sells-n9000 Internet keeps all records , it'll be nice if you used some sense 13 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Lagosians Complain Bitterly About Lake Rice Trouble by Nobody: 11:00am On Dec 24, 2016 |
KINGwax007:The issue on ground is about people that couldn't buy the rice at the approved centre but in your adult brain it should be trivalised into tribal war or infantile ego supremcy 41 Likes 3 Shares |
muri4mig(m): 11:10am On Dec 24, 2016 |
That is why I am sticking to my Lagoon rice. N8000 per 50KG. If u need this rice but u must be an IPOB, the oba of Lagos through this phone number 07036563212.
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PresidentAtiku(m): 11:18am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Buhari is a monumental error. His 2 tenures(1984 & 2016) ensured that people queued for food! What a generational mistake
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Remilekun101: 11:30am On Dec 24, 2016 |
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dunkem21(m): 11:31am On Dec 24, 2016 |
It's really somehow that Buhari didn't bring out some of his cows as a gift to Christians this season .. ![]() He needs to fire his advicers too, I can do better. ![]() |
sammyj: 11:34am On Dec 24, 2016 |
I pity this aluasa government workers. Governor Ambode should look into this because rice is about to load Shikena !! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2 Likes |
SexyNairalander: 11:34am On Dec 24, 2016 |
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Re: Lagosians Complain Bitterly About Lake Rice Trouble by Nobody: 11:35am On Dec 24, 2016 |
I see the 1984 scenario playing out again: people had to queue to buy basic food stuff. The best title to capture our current situation "Back to '84" ![]() 8 Likes |
bonechamberlain(m): 11:36am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Nigeria, it's now difficult to buy RICE. Smh All those processes just to buy rice 4 Likes 1 Share |
AntiWailer: 11:36am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Complain that what ?
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folay66(m): 11:36am On Dec 24, 2016 |
What is this all about Why do they like complaining aleays |
seguno2: 11:37am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Emekamex: All na CHANGE. Surely, APC is scam. And scam is APC. 8 Likes |
ajoyeleke(m): 11:37am On Dec 24, 2016 |
Hello nairalanders Pls who can bless me with little amount to celebrate Xmas, abeg country z bad Tnx in advance |
paschal47(m): 11:37am On Dec 24, 2016 |
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stephc52: 11:38am On Dec 24, 2016 |
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