The business community in Kano
State has raised alarm over the recent millet scarcity being experienced in
most Kano markets and the skyrocketing of the grain’s price.
A
grain merchant at Dawanau grain market, Alhaji Danumma Saye, observed that the
scarcity being experienced is as a result of some grains hoarding syndicates
that were busy mopping out the grain from the markets.
“Millet has become a hot
commodity now, its price keeps increasing by the day as the hoarding syndicates
are in every market and they are willing to pay any amount. They did the same
with rice and maize last year and they are doing it to millet this year. There
are days when you couldn’t even find millet to buy in this market,” narrated
Danumma Saye.
However,
another grain merchant, Alhaji Umar Musa Hassan, told our reporter that, the
scarcity is as a result of the high demand for the grain for export to
neighbouring countries, adding that recent discovery has shown that the grain
can be used in various aspects which increased the demand for the grain by some
countries.
A
visit to some grain markets across the state revealed that a bag of 100kg of
millet is now sold at N12,500 as against N10,000 last week.
It
was gathered that the grain is virtually scarce in all the markets and the
possibility of continuous hike in its price is eminent.
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