Ramadan: Marketers consider trade fair to crash prices of commodities in Kano

Dealers of essential commodities across major markets in Kano are set to launch a trade fair to enable consumers purchase at cheaper rate.The event, being organised in collaboration with the state’s Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Investment, is to ease the perennial high prices of essential commodities during the fast.  
 
Addressing journalists yesterday, Chairman of Singer Traders Association, Kano, Junaidu Muhammed Zakari, explained that the fair would open five days before Ramadan and 10 days into the fasting period at the Kano Trade Fair complex.  
 
He said dealers and wholesale traders, in collaboration with all market associations across the seven major commercial hubs, have agreed to sell their wares at affordable prices.  

Zakari continued: “We commend the Federal Government for granting waivers on the importation of essential commodities such as rice, pastas and noodles. This has crashed the prices of these items in the market. This is a welcome development.”