The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has confiscated ten warehouses containing assorted foodstuffs in the Dawanau area of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State have been confiscated by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission for alleged hoarding of grains to maximize profits.
Mr Muhyi Magaji, the commission’s Chairman, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after confiscating the warehouses in Dawanau International Grains Market, Singer Market, and Kwari Textiles Market on Sunday.
“Owners of the warehouses were nowhere to be found during the operation, but those that were opened were stacked full of commodities, including spaghetti, rice, pasta, sugar, and other food items.
“The owners have been issued notice to report to the commission preparatory to facing charges before the court of law for their illegal activities.
“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 the 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.
“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 believe 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 program will starve the country while taking food elsewhere.
“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 percent 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 will 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,” he said.
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