Bakers In Kano State Protest High Prices Of Flour, Seek Nigerian Government’s Intervention
The peaceful protest took place at Jakara in the Dala Local Government Area in Kano.
Kano State residents on Friday morning witnessed a peaceful protest by makers of Gurasa, which is locally baked bread in the ancient city and many parts of northern Nigeria.
The peaceful protest took place at Jakara in the Dala Local Government Area in Kano.
The leader of the protesters who is also the chairperson of the Association of Women Gurasa Bakers, Fatima Auwal Chediyar, threatened an indefinite strike over the high cost of flour in the country.
She said the high cost of flour had forced them to stop their work until the situation was resolved or the authorities intervened in the matter.
Unlike before when we were buying the commodity at N16,000 per bag, The item now sells at N43,000 per bag, so how can we do it?” Chediyar asked.
She said. “Most of us are widows who run the business to support ourselves, but now the business is looking impossible due to the lack of capital and the high cost of flour.”
“We are holding this protest to show our leaders the situation we are in, and our business is for the poor because if they see how we run our business, they will not be able to do it. We are in trouble. The flour we work with has drained our strength.”
She added that they had to give up making the Gurasa because they did not have the capital to buy the flour, and it was a big threat to their communities, especially those with low income who could not afford bread.
She urged the leaders at different levels to look at the situation they were in regarding the prices of flour and help them because they had many children, and they depended on the business to feed the children and pay their school fees.
A businessman and trader at the popular Singger market in Kano who deals with flour and other commodities, Alhaji Abdullahi Sulaiman told journalists on Friday that since Monday they received a new price notification from BUA Group, that takes effect from February 1st, 2024.
