The Kano Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCACC, has confirmed that the 10 warehouses which was sealed last week over alleged hoarding of foodstuffs have been unsealed.

The chairman of the commission, Muhyi Magaji, confirmed that the owners of the warehouses had shown up and was told to open and sell to the public.

Mogaji noted that Kano had begun to witness a drop in the prices of foodstuff

He said, ”The action taken by the Commissioner had forcefully led the dealers to bring forth the commodities to market as well as reducing their prices.

“We visited a couple of markets, these include Dawanau International Grains Market, Singer Market and Kwari Market, among many.

“If you go to Shuwari market in Jigawa and Faskari and other markets in the neighboring states, you will see that the prices of grains have reduced compared to before.

“If you recall, during the operation, the owners of such warehouses were nowhere to be found but those opened were stacked full of commodities, including spaghetti, rice, sugar and other food items.

“The owners were issued a notice to report to the commission preparatory to facing charges before the court of law for their illegal activities.”

As stated by Muyiwa, these operation has likely help to impact towards knowing of increase in the prices of grains and other essential commodities in the state.

He debunked the reports by the Management of Dawanau International Grains Market that they were not hoarding foodstuff in order to fabricate scarcity.

It was reported that dealers of grains at the Dawanau International Grains Market had earlier announced a reduction in the prices of grains following a threat that was made by the state anti-graft agency to be put on dock. The extortioners dealers violated the agency’s rules or found hoarding grains to maximize profit.

Regarding to the threat, a bag of maize now sells for about N53,000,as against the old price of N60,000, while that of guinea corn now sells for N49,000, as against the former price of N55,000,depending on the quality.

Also a bag of millet, which used to go for N60,000, now costs N53,000 and that of beans now costs between N85,000 and N90,000, as against the old price of between N95,000 and N100,000, depending on quality.

However, on Tuesday the Nigeria Customs Service, Kano Area Command, had said to have  captured four trucks loaded with food items as part of renewing effort to tackle smuggling.

The spokeman for the service, Saidu Nurudeen made this known in a statement on Tuesday in kano state.

Nurudeen stated that personnel from the NCS apprehended the transporting vehicles containing large quantity of food items intended for illegal export along the Hadejia-Taura-Ringim axis in Jigawa State.

The items include 1,505 cartons of big and small-sized dried fish, 17 bags of local variety rice, and two bags of beans.