FG decries extortion of transporters delivering essential goods

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, has decried alleged extortion by security operatives, of transporters delivering essential commodities amid the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.

He spoke in Abuja yesterday while receiving briefs from the Emergency Operation Centre of the Committee on Sustainable Production and Delivery of Essential Commodities during COVID-19, domiciled in the ministry.

“It is very unfortunate that despite the intervention and escalation of the police extortion and that by the military and other security to their heads, the situation still persist.

“This is a great blow to the noble directive of the President for a free-flow and unhindered movement of essential commodities across the country, but we will not stop until the situation is addressed”, he said.