By Sabo Yahaya Aliyu
Kano State Consumer Protection Council has confiscated Drugs and Consumable products worth millions of Naira within the last three month of the present administration of Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf.
The State Commissioner of Commerce Alhaji Abbas Sani Abbas stated this while inspecting the items at the Council stores.
The Commissioner said the exercise is conducted at various places within the metropolice aimed at minimising the proliferation of fake, expired and damaged products in Kano.
Alhaji Abbas Sani Abbas pointed out that the present administration is committed to protect the lives and property of the people through ensuring safe and standard products are brought to the state adding that government would not allowed some people turn the state into dumping ground of expired products.
He assured good people of the state government commitment towards providing enabling environment for conducting business warning that this would not be an excuse of putting the lives and property of the people at risk.
He said within the last three month the council opportune to confiscate the items and called for the general public support and cooperation in providing vital information to the council for its smooth conduct of its operation adding that the council has secured a court order for the destruction of the drugs and other Consumables as part of government activities to mark One Hundred days in office of the present administration of Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf.
The commissioner adviced people to desist from partronising cheap products which are mainly damage, expire or adultrated inview of its health hazards.
Alhaji Abbas Sani Abbas explained that henceforth the council will take decisive measures against those conniving with such people in putting lives of the citizens at risk.
