"Cheating Everywhere": Businessman Shortens Bags of Rice by Removing One Painter Each, Video Emerges

"Cheating Everywhere": Businessman Shortens Bags of Rice by Removing One Painter Each, Video Emerges

  • A Nigerian rice seller was caught in a video reducing bags of rice by one painter each to maximise profit
  • The rice collected from the full bags is then poured into another bag placed by the side in the video that has sparked outrage
  • Someone in the comment section disclosed that the process is called "chuking" and they do the same to cement

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.

Photos of bags of rice for sell in Nigeia.
A painter of rice is removed from the full bag 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 some grains from each.

The holes created in the bags were in such a way that the rice poured out freely.

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Nigerian foreign rice seller reducing bags by one painter

After the painter is filled with rice, it is taken and poured into a reserve bag 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 reduces quantity 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."

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@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 her brothers rice with leaves

In a related story, Legit.ng 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.

Source: Legit.ng

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Israel Usulor (Human-Interest editor) Israel Usulor is a journalist who has 9 years of experience. He worked at The Prime Newspaper and has published articles in TheCable Newspaper. Israel graduated with distinction from Fidei Polytechnic (Mass Commun, 2016). Israel has interviewed Zannah Mustapha, the man who helped negotiate the release of Chibok Girls, and Kunle Adeyanju, who rode a bike from London to Lagos. He covered exclusive stories on Chef Dami during her Guinness World Records cookathon. Email: israel.usulor@corp.legit.ng.

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