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May 11, 2019
The National Association of NigerianTraders, NANTS has cautioned traders against commodities price increase due toimplementation of the minimum wage.
The President of the Association KenUkaoha gave the advice at a one-day training workshop for NANTS leadership ontracking commitment of political actors to farmers and Traders Charter ofdemand in Katsina.
He said that it was unnecessary andimmoral for traders to increase their commodities price due to minimum wageincrease.
The President says no trader dealson all items of need and once a trader raises the prices of his or hercommodity, others will jerk up the price of their commodities. He said that thefarmers and traders had made arrangements with the political actors in thecountry before the 2019 General Elections.
Earlier, the Katsina StateCoordinator of Association Ibrahim Suleiman, urged members to be proactivetowards monitoring the agreements made with political actors.