The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria has cautioned every Nigerian citizens not to buy, nor sell Dates to break fast from anyone.
The Embassy clarified this in a statement issued in Abuja by the acting Ambassador to Nigeria Dr Yahya Ali Mugram.
Mugram stated that the Embassy noted that the Dates that were packaged and circulated as gifts from the government of Saudi Arabia to Nigerians are being sold by some narrow minded and voracious Nigerians.
Mugram stressed that the Dates are strictly gifts to the Nigerian citizens and under no circumstances should they be sold or bought by anybody.
Necessary measures, he said, shall be taken against perpetrators of this untoward act.