Bakers of local bread, known as ‘Gurasa’ in Hausa, on Friday, took to the street in Kano to protest against rising price of flour.
The protest was held at Chediyar Yangurasa, in the Dala Local Government Area of the state by hundreds of Gurasa bakers.
The protesters mostly women carried placards with various inscriptions in both Hausa and English that included, “High costs of flour are our business”, “High flour prices unacceptable “, and “Flour price is too high in Nigeria; we need help,” among others.
Speaking to journalists during the protest, the chairperson of the Kano State Gurasa Bakers Association, Fatima Auwal, said the commodity used to be N16,000 per bag but now, it is N43,000 per 50kg bag.
This, Auwal stated, has led to many persons in the baking business to close shops.
“We are out here on the streets protesting to let the leaders know the situation we have found ourselves in at the moment.
“This has been our business for long but it is facing a great threat due to the rise in the price of flour.
“More than half of us have been sent out of business as we cannot afford to buy flour at this high price.
“We started protest since a 50kg bag of flour was N16,000, now it is N43,000 and we cannot afford it,” she said.
