Monrovia – President George Manneh Weah has begun a dangerous game with the country’s most political commodity – rice. On Thursday, February 1st, Mr. Weah met with the association of rice importers, also dominated by foreign investors. Another brand of the rice imported by SWAT – BB Rice – was widely believed by the public to be synthetic rice (plastic rice). Small traders, who import rice in 20- foot ocean containers, apparently have different licensing requirements. What we expected from him is to bring all the local importers together and find out our challenges in maximizing our imports.

Source: Front Page Africa February 02, 2018 01:52 UTC