The Zamfara State chapter of the Master Bakers Association, MBA, has directed its members to stop bread production until it settled with the State Government over the prohibition on motorcycles carrying breads.
The Association denied the claim – a reason for the ban– that the motorcycle riders carrying loaves of bread were providing bread to bandits in the forests.
The State Government had recently outlawed any motorcycle carrying loaves of bread, on the basis that they were providing bread to bandits operating in the State.
The Government also prohibited the sale of petroleum in cans, emphasising that the breads and cans of fuel were supporting the terrorists to unleash dangerous attacks on residents.
However, while addressing newsmen in Gusau, the State Financial Secretary of the Association, Mallam Habibu explained that the union would not begin production of bread until it settled this case with the State Government.
In his words:
“We have been holding a series of meetings with the State Government to settle the issue. I am very hopeful that very soon, the issue will be resolved.”
