A Visit to Afikpo Rice Mill || 28/08/2021|| by @justiceanietie

It's a pleasure to revealed the truth behind Rice de-stony machine. After my consideration yesterday, I made up my mind to visit Afikpo rice Mill to purchase a bushel of rice.

I travelled to Afikpo to buy one bushel of rice, but reaching there, I decided to buy in half bushels. This is because I wish to give half to a friend while I get half. When I approach the market, a young girl called me and ask if I wish to buy rice? Because of her smiling face, I decided to buy with her.

She set the price of a bushel to be #12000 while she introduce different species to me! I made my choice of buying mass according to her that mass is the best but of two (2) types. I choose the best of it and price #8500 for a bushel but she said the last is #10000, I sum up courage and price her #9000 but she refused, I made a move to check another place for market survey but I discovered that the price is #10000 for good species. I had to return back to her and asked her if she will sell at #9300 but she said no but she will make me her customer by selling at #9500.

I told her to measure half bushels two (2) and she did just as I have directed her but immediately, I saw one young guy who promised to destoned the Rice at the rate of #100 each and I told him to drop it but the girl I bought the rice with gave me an assurance the he can do it! So I told him to carry it but I never new that there is no truth behind their de-stony machine.

This leads to arguing between me and them because before I got to the place they have finished doing the first half bushel and the size of the rice was too small and I started asking questions! But they responded that I but the rice with a wrong measurement and I asked how? They said that the half bushel was an old measurement, so I was cheated!

I took heart 💘 but my heart was injured in the process because I knew right in me that I was dupt. When they finished the second bag, I saw that they were not equall, I second bag was bigger than the first.

So I decided to buy some food stuff from the market, but coming back to the mill, my heart was still troubled, I decided to check inside the engine and I saw that my rice was inside the machine, and the truth of the matter was covered.

When I saw it, I pull the rice out of the machine and it was more than fifteen (15) cups. When I saw it, I was wrath but I try to controlled my anger. When I disclose the fact to people around, they were in support of it and said; they use to put rice in the morning before they began de-stoning.

When I heard that, it wasn't funny at all so I had to call the boss of the place and when he came, based on what his boy called and tells him, he came and carried the rice but people around said I should forget it so I did accordingly.

I will advice if you want to destone your rice, please look for a good person and look the kind of machine they want to used in processing it. It should be a current destining machine. I was dupt because I never knew the difference.