NIN Required to Buy 50kg Bag of Rice at N40,000 – FG

The Federal Government has announced that only buyers with National Identification Numbers (NIN) would benefit from the subsidized sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Nigerians at a rate of N40,000 per 50kg bag.

President Bola Tinubu, represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, stated during the flag-off ceremony on Thursday that the rice intervention would 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 subsidized milled rice to help alleviate the ongoing food crisis in Nigeria.

The Minister emphasized that a multi-disciplinary government task force has been deployed to ensure transparency, broad distribution, and the overall success of the initiative.

To prevent fraudulent individuals from accessing multiple bags, beneficiaries will be verified through identification methods such as the NIN and phone numbers.

The Director of Strategic Grains Reserve, Ministry of Agriculture, Haruna Sule, explained that civil servants can access the grains at designated points of sale by using their Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) details.

“To qualify for the one person one bag, you must have a National Identification Number, of course, you have phone numbers and those in public service are all registered under the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS) platform,” he said.

Sule clarified that once the buyer provides the code number, a treasury receipt will be issued as proof of payment to the government, and the buyer will then receive a receipt indicating the collection point and time.

The collection point is separate from the sales point, and at the collection point, the buyer will present their code to officials and receive a bag of rice.

In July, the Minister of Information announced the sale of subsidized rice, but the plan was later suspended without explanation.

The Federal Government has now reinstated the plan, requiring buyers to provide their NIN to purchase the subsidized rice.