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Bowls
Dutse, Oct. 30, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Consumers Protection Committee (CPC) has concluded arrangements to distribute 12,000 standard measuring bowls to grain sellers in the state to eliminate cheating.
The state CPC Chairman, Alhaji Farouk Abdallah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday that the move was to stem the current practice where different markets adopt different measures.
Abdullah said that the standard measures would be distributed to traders in Hadejia, Guri and Babura Local Government Areas of the state.
He explained that the bowls would also be distributed to traders in Shuwarin International Grains Market and Furji Grains Market in Kiyawa and Kazaure Local Government Areas.
He said the bowls to be distributed were in both the big and small-sizes, adding that “it is to checkmate the activities of traders who fleece consumers by indulging in sharp practices using unapproved measures”.
Abdallah said it would also protect consumers from cheating traders as well as provide consumers the opportunity to get correct value for their money.
Besides, he said the aim was to sanitise the business environment around the state and ensure accuracy in measurements of articles bought in all commercial transactions in the state.
He said that lack of standardised weights and measures had been responsible for the disparity in the sizes of bowls used by traders in the markets.
“Some of the traders deliberately use substandard bowls to short change unsuspecting buyers.
“The committee will ensure that it distributes the bowls to all traders and grains sellers in all the markets across state.
“So, henceforth, any trader found using any bowl rather than the one approved by the state government will face the full wrath of the law,” he warned.
He said that the CPC earlier in July distributed 5,000 of such bowls to grain sellers in Gujungu International Market in Taura Local Government Area of the state.
NAN reports that the CPC on May 1, raided markets and confiscated several fake measures from grains sellers in the state. (NAN)
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Edited by Emmanuel Nwoye//Felix Nwadioha