February 2, 2024
- By Reporter
The women producers of a local bread brand, known as gurasa, took to the streets of Kano in their numbers in protest against the high cost of flour, with an appeal on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to come to their aid.
The women carrying placards with inscriptions such as: “Government must do something urgently on the high rise in the cost of flour’, ”We need government intervention, save our lives,” said they decided to go on the protest to attract the authority’s attention to the cost of flour.
The chairwoman of the Women Gurasa Producers, Fatima Auwal Chediyar Yangurasa, said before now, they bought a 50kg Bag of flour at less than N16,000 but in less than a month, the price has skyrocketed to N43,000.
She said, “Life has gradually become difficult for us with many of our members being imprisoned because of debts and their children left to wallow in destitution and abject poverty.”
Malama Fatima added that in Kano, hundreds of children of their members have been sent out of school as their parents can no longer provide for them through the only business they have.
She said, “BUA Flour was the one we largely depended on, and it is no longer available in the market because of its high price, most of our members use the BUA products because they yield enough Gurasa for sale”.
She also called on the Chairman of BUA Group, Abdussamad Isiyaku Rabiu, to do more by reducing the prices of his flour and considering the difficulties the producers face in their businesses.
“We started the protest against the hike in the price of flour by BUA Flour Mills when a bag was sold at N16,000, demanding immediate reversal, but today, despite our stance the price has reached a whopping N43,000 per bag,” Malama Fatima said.
