Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has met with market leaders, traders and other stakeholders in Bauchi to find out reasons for the daily increase in food prices in the market.
Acting Executive Vice Chairman of the FCCPC, Dr Adamu Abdullahi , while briefing newsmen yesterday in Bauchi, said we had engagement with market leaders of Muda Lawal and Railway markets.
He lamented that prices of food items in the market continue to rise despite the frantic efforts made by the government to stabilise the prices of goods and services, “ doesn’t yield any result.”
Abdullahi, , represented by North-east, Zonal Coordinator of the Commission, said the team was on a fact-finding mission to understand why the prices of food items continue to rise in spite of federal government’s efforts to curb the menace.
He explained that the team of the FCCPC was in the market to interact…
Source: Thisday Newspaper