A Nigerian rice seller was caught in a video reducing bags of rice by one painter each to maximise profitPeople were seen in the video posted on TikTok as they intentionally collected rice from full bags reportedly to cheatThe rice collected from the full bags is then poured into another bag placed by the side in the video that has sparked outrage
A Nigerian rice seller was caught in a video reducing bags of rice by one painter each.
A video posted on TikTok by De Ambassador showed how the rice sellers' staff were reducing each bag of rice.
The person who posted the video said the bags of rice are reduced by one painter before they are sold. Photo credit: TikTok/@deambassador123.Source: TikTok
They used a small painter after creating a hole in the rice bag and collected rice from each.
The holes created in the bags were in such a way that the rice poured out freely if the bag was tapped.
After the painter is filled with rice, it is taken and poured into a reserve bag which is kept close by.
A voice in the video explained that what was witnessed in the video is a norm among rice sellers who cheat their customers.
The video is captioned:
Cheating everywhere. This is how they reduce rice before selling it.”
Watch the video below:
Reactions as rice seller reduce rice bags with painter
@dele afolabi said:
“Tomorrow they will shout that the president is bad. We too, as a people are bad to ourselves.”
@faithfullygood commented:
“If you try this in Europe, your supermarket will be closed.”
@Narbongo said:
“Yes, they call it chuking and not rice alone they do the same to cement as well.”
@Blessed King Ola said:
“I will look for a good counting machine to know the actual number of rice in one bag…. I'm ready for them.”
Lady serves his brothers rice with leaves
In a related story, Fox Nigeria reported that a Nigerian lady used plantain leaves to serve rice to her brothers.
The lady said her four grown brothers always refuse to wash plates after eating, so she decided to serve them food in plantain leaves.
The video posted by @de_ouse showed how the men reacted when they saw the jollof rice served in plantain leaves.
