Court orders Kano govt to unseal rice factory

From Eric Ikhilae, Abuja

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the Kano State government to unseal a rice production factory – Tiamin Rice Limited – which the state government shut for allegedly being too close to an isolation centre for COVID-19 patients.

The state had also claimed that the fume emitted from the rice mill was harmful to the COVID-19 patients.

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In a judgment on Monday, Justice Okon Abang held that the closure of the factory without a valid court order violated the rights of the applicants and the exemption accorded food production companies by the government.

The judgment was in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Tiamin Multi-Services Global Limited, Tiamin Rice Limited and Alhaji Aliyu Ali Ibrahim.