The Member representing Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, Benue State, in the House of Representatives, Dr. Francis Ottah Agbo, has called on the Federal Government and the 36 states governments to immediately set up Price Control Units to check crazy hikes in prices of goods and services.
Hon. Agbo, who is the spokesman of the Minority Caucus in the Green Chamber, lamented that traders had capitalised on the COVID-19 pandemic-induced nationwide lockdown to exploit the long suffering Nigerians.
Media Assistant to Hon. Francis Ottah Agbo, Samson Otokpa, in a statement, said when set up, the federal lawmaker believed the units should be empowered to constitute and coordinate task forces that will “move from markets to markets, move from shops and malls to malls across the country to checkmate exploitative traders and businessmen.”
The journalist-turned-lawmaker said similar Price Control task forces had worked in the post-Civil War Nigeria and expressed confidence that as “Nigeria slips into a recession, Price Control Units are critical to the practical management of Nigeria’s economy…”
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While stressing that Nigerians, especially the masses, are already bleeding economically, the federal lawmaker said, subjecting them to further hardship would send many Nigerians to their early graves.
Hon. Agbo, who is Chairman of the House Committee on Narcotic Drugs, also hinted that he had already taken up the matter with the leadership of the National Assembly.
He assured his constituents that the leadership would prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari and the states governors to do the needful.
The Ozigizaga of Enone Politics, however, expressed confidence that Nigeria would emerge stronger from the ashes of the invisible invader called COVID-19.
The federal lawmaker also called on his constituents to cooperate with the Benue State Government, health practitioners, and observe all the safety precautions in the fight against Coronavirus.