
Jigawa
N2m adulterated goods burnt in Jigawa
Adulterated foodstuff worth two million naira have been burnt in Babura and Gumel Local Government areas of Jigawa State.
The chairman of state Consumer Protection Committee, Alhaji Farouk Abdallah Malammadori, said the items, including bags of sesame, hibiscus, beans and millets, were seized during the committee’s raid at Gumel and Babura markets.
According to him, the committee is working with the mobile court presided over by Justice Mannir Sarki to prosecute the perpetrators.
He further reiterated that the committee will not hesitate to punish anybody found guilty of adulterating food items.