the House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Commerce to investigate the daily increase in prices of commodities in the country.

This followed the adoption of a motion by JESSE ONUAKALUSI on “the Need to Awaken Price Control Board of Nigeria to its Constitutional Responsibilities” at plenary earlier today.

Presenting the motion, ONUAKALUSI said that the price control board had abandoned its responsibility of controlling commodity prices to the marketers at the detriment of consumers.

He complained that this is happening at the time when workers’ take-home pay is yet to be increased.