Govt Constitutes 13-Man Panel To Investigate Warehouse Looting.

Kebbi State government has inaugurated a 13-member panel charged with probing the incidents of theft and devising strategies to prevent their recurrence.

Chaired by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Shehu Mu’azu, the committee has been given a five-day mandate to conduct a thorough investigation into the looting, which saw foodstuffs being unlawfully taken by hoodlums from the government warehouse in Birnin Kebbi.

The decision to set up the committee was made during a State Executive Council meeting chaired by the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Abubakar-Tafida in Benin Kebbi 

Chaired by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Alhaji Shehu Mu’azu, the committee has been given a five-day mandate to conduct a thorough investigation into the looting, which saw foodstuffs being unlawfully taken by hoodlums from the government warehouse in Birnin Kebbi.

The decision to set up the committee was made during a State Executive Council meeting chaired by the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Abubakar-Tafida in Benin Kebbi, and the council also approved a substantial subsidy of N3.34 billion to alleviate the financial burden on 3,344 Muslims embarking on the Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.