The Public Relations Officer of the administration, Mr Wale Adeniyi, made this known in a meeting with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said that the value of the ware reallocated amid the period was higher when contrasted and N330.5 billion estimation of the great seized in the same time frame in 2015.
He said that the expansion in the seizures meant that the traditions was working zero resistance to illicit importation of rice.
Adeniyi said that the administration's rapprochement with its partner in the Republic of Benin additionally encouraged the spate of reallocation of rice along the outskirts between both nations.
"Our seizure on rice from January to August was N597.7 billion as against N330.5 billion amid the same time frame in 2015; this demonstrates a tremendous increment.
"The quantity of seizures from the measurements demonstrates that dealers now realize that it is no more gainful to acquire rice through the outskirts.
"Thus, since importation of rice is currently limited to the ports as even runners with one pack of rice are captured.
"We have various captures, especially those utilizing bikes, jackasses and even little vehicles.
"Rice is a mass freight imported into Nigeria. After the meeting we had with our partners from the Republic of Benin, we went full scale on zero resilience on importation of rice,'' Adeniyi said.
He said that the volume of rice coming into the nation through the outskirts was as of now generally low, including that a greater amount of the item were being acquired through the ports.
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