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Kano Govt Seals 10 Warehouses Hoarding Billions-Naira Worth Of Food

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The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission has sealed off over 10 warehouse facilities filled with assorted food items at Dawanau International Commodity Market at Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area.

The commission’s Chairman, Barr. Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after sealing off the warehouses in Dawanau International Grains Market, Singer Market, and Kwari Textiles Market on Sunday, February 11, 2024.

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“The owners have been issued notice to report to the commission preparatory to facing charges before the court of law for their illegal activities,” he said.

“As you can see, the commission has made true its promise that we are going to embark on a fight against the hoarding of essential commodities in the state.

“We started last Thursday, and we have made a significant impact towards stopping the instant rise in the price of essential commodities.

“It was such that within a week, rice had jumped from N52,000 to N61,000.

“From what we have done so far, we are certain that there is an impact. From here, we are going to the market to ascertain the situation.

“Firstly, we were able to stop the instant increase in prices of the commodities, and secondly, we have the belief that if we sustain the tempo, we will be able to bring down the prices from where they have reached

“As you can see now, we are going around the warehouses, and we met a lot of issues which, after we go back to the office, we are going to digest.

“One fundamental problem is each store we enter, they will be claiming that it is the World Food Programme Store.

“We wonder if the world food programme will starve the country while taking the food somewhere else.

“You can see, I was told here today that the price of maize has jumped from N30,000 to N60,000. So you see, a 100 per cent increase, this is unacceptable.

“You can see these stores. There are hundreds of millions of Naira worth of hoarded commodities

“We are taking over the stores now, and we are going to make certain arrests because these will not be tolerated.

“This is not a market, this is a warehouse. We have activated our intelligence mechanism and they have come up with reports on where and how they are hoarding it.”

In the operation, the Chairman of the Commission, Barrister Muhyi alongside its personne, clamped down on warehouses and stores engaged in hoarding of assorted foodstuff across the state.

The Chairman of the Anti-graft Agency said, some of the owners of the warehouses had been issued notice to report to the anti graft Commission preparatory to facing charges before the court of law for their illegal activities.

He said: “As you can see, the Kano state Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission (PCACC) has made true its promise that we are going to embark on fight against hoarding of essential commodities in the state.

“We started last Thursday and we have made a significant impact towards stopping the instant rise in the price of essential commodities. It was such that within a week, rice had jumped from N52,000 to N61,000 within a week.

“Alhamdulillah form what we have done so far, we are certain that there is impact. From here we are going to the market to ascertain the situation.

“Firstly, we were able to stop the instant increase in prices of the commodities and secondly we have the belief that if we sustain the tempo we will be able to bring down the prices from where they have gotten to.

“As you can see now we are going round the warehouses and we met a lot of issues which after we go back to the office we are going to digest. “One fundamental problem is each stalk we enter they will be claiming that it is the World Food Program Store. We wonder if the world food program will starve the country while taking the food somewhere else.

“You can see, I was told here today that the price of maize has jumped from N30,000 to N60,000. So you see, a hundred percent increase, this is unacceptable. You can see these stores, there are hundreds of millions of Naira worth of hoarded commodity.

“We are taking over the stores now and we are going to make some certain arrests because these will not be tolerated. This is not a market, this is a warehouse. We have activated our intelligence mechanism and they have come up with reports on where and how they are hoarding it.”

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