The Ministry of Health has dramatically played down report of the presence of plastic rice in Nigeria as earlier reported in the media.
Prof. Isaac Adewole during the rice test
The minister has claimed that it is a hoax after the rice passed through a procedural test of authenticity.
He took to his Twitter handle to debunk the viral report that some traders imported plastic rice into the country as alleged by NigeriaCustom officials.
See his messages via Twitter: