How Jonathan govt. issued multi billion naira rice import quotas last day in office

A few hours to the expiration of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's tenure, papers for a huge rice import quota worth billions of Naira were rushed in for the president's accent, ostensibly as parting gifts to cronies and businessmen close to the power corridor.

The handling of the rice quota policy shows how sentiment and cronyism are robbing government of much-needed revenue in the face of dwindling oil fortunes.