By Uzair Adam Imam
The Kano State Public Complaint and Anticorruption Commission (PCACC) has summoned dealers of flour at Singer market and the chairman, Association of Master Bakers & Caterers of Nigeria, over the hike in the price of bread.
The Daily Reality reports that the commission received a series of complaints from the public regarding the current bread price despite the stable price of flour in the market.
In a letter signed by the commission Chairman, Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, the commission invoked its powers under Section 9 and 15 of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anticorruption Commission Law 2008 (as amended) to investigate the matter.
The commission has also invited the flour dealers and the chairman and executive members of the Association of Master Baker’s & Caterers of Nigeria to hear their side of the story, in accordance with Section 31 of the commission’s enabling law 2008 (as amended).