Dutse – The Jigawa Consumer Protection Committee (CPC) on Sunday said it confiscated 49 fake standard measures (Mudus) from grains sellers in the state.
Its Chairman, Alhaji Farouk Abdallah, disclosed this via telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse.
Abdullahi said the items were seized from the traders when members of the committee paid an unexpected visit to Guri market in Guri Local Government Area of the state.
He noted that the action was to check lack of uniformity of mesures in all the markets in the state, adding that “the action would also provide consumer protection”.
The chairman added that it was also to sanitise the business environment and ensure accuracy in all commercial transactions in the state.
According to him, lack of standardised weights and measures in the state was responsible for the disparity in the sizes of bowls used by traders in the markets.
Abdallah lamented that the seized containers were contracted by the traders to shortchange unsuspecting buyers. (NAN)