The Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Commission,(PCACC) has threatened to lock down the warehouses and stores, hoarding foodstuff or essential items.
It also threatening to seize the property anyone found hoarding and take the matter to court.
The chairman of the PCACC, Bar. Muhuyi Rimingado made this known while addressing newsmen, saying the commission has ignited intelligence mechanism on the matter and will clamp down on the warehouses and stores hoarding foodstuffs before the month of Ramadan.
” The Kano State government is worried over the situation. The situation is unbearable, people are hungry. A hungry man is an angry man.”
Rimingado hinted ” And if we find essential commodities that were hoarded, we have three options.”
He disclosed that ” One of the options is to lock down the store, seize the property and take the matter to court.
And the court in its wisdom will tell us what to do with the property. And that is a setback to the owner because we have confiscated the property and it can get spoilt,” Bar. Rimingado said.
According to him, “I believe there is a problem of inflation which is one of the genesis of hardship but hoarding too also contributed,and we will not allow it.”
He then added, ” To even hoard and take advantage of the people is undue influence and that is part of corruption. We are overwhelmed, this is the most essential part of our job”.
Oyenike Oyeniyi
