Protest
By Aminu Garko
Kano, Association of Local bread producers, (Gurasa) in Kano State has appealed to President Bola Ahmad Tinubu, and relevant stakeholders to expedite action in providing succour to the high cost of flour in the state.
The leader of the association Hajiya Fatima Auwalu Yar Gurasa, made the call while leading a peaceful protest at chediyar ‘Yan Gurasa area of Dala Local Government Area on Friday.
Yar Gurasa, said the high increase of the commodity was making a negative impact on the business.
She explained that they are currently buying 50kg of flour at the cost forty thousand Naira as against seventeen thousand Naira they were buying just few months ago.
“Most of us are widows ,we depend on this business to cater for the needs of our children, but this hike in the commodity is putting our lives in geoepady because we solemnly depend on the business”
“We are calling on President Tinubu and relevant stakeholders to come to our aid and reduce the price for the our business to succeed.
She said if the situation continues they will be left with no option than quitting the business
” Quitting the business will not do well for the society because we will not have the means of taking care of our children,and this will lead to increase in crime and other social vices.
” We normally use IRS flour, BUA, But we’re in a difficult situation because our business has become the shadow of its former self due to the hike in the price of flour.
” Let me use this opportunity to call on Abdussamad Isyaku Rabiu and other stakeholders to reverse the price of flour quickly, or we shut our business down.
” If we shut it down, it will not affect us alone; it will affect many people in this state and the North as a whole.”
” We called on the stakeholders to do the needful in a bid to control the situation, but it is rather deteriorating.
