Gov Nwifuru Declares Selling With Fake Scale Criminal Offence In Abakaliki Rice Mill

Gov Nwifuru Declares Selling With Fake Scale Criminal Offence In Abakaliki Rice Mill

Ebonyi State Governor, Chief Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has declared as criminal offence selling with sub-standard bushel and shortchange of customer at the popular Abakaliki Rice Milling Company. Gov Nwifuru made this known when stakeholders of the milling company paid him courtesy visit at the new Government House, Centenary City Abakaliki on Tuesday.

According to statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary,Dr Monday Uzor and made available to newsmen, Gov Nwifuru charged its leadership to return the company to standard. "Earlier today, I invited the stakeholders of Abakaliki Rice Mill for a crucial meeting, over certain indications that pointed to steady decrease in value of the industry, chiefly due to leadership problems.

"I have therefore directed that the operations of the Abakaliki Rice Mill must return to the best standards, where a bushel of rice must be 100 cups complete, while half bushel must be 50 cups complete. It is now a criminal offense to shortchange customers. The current leadership will serve out their remaining tenure and everyone has to obey their instructions. "We all have to work together and explore the great possibilities of these Ebonyi signatures, like our Rice Mill, to drive our economy and make the lives of Ebonyi people, better." he further emphasized.