Bakers threaten strike action over unprecedented increase in bakery materials
Bread producers and caterers have threatened to embark on an industrial action nationwide over the sharp increase in bakery materials and the silence of the government on the matter.
This was revealed in a communiqué issued by the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria. After the National Executive Council meeting of the association in Abuja, the bakers stated that they would drop their tools from 13 July, 2022.
The communiqué which was signed by the association’s executives, led by its National President, Mansur Umar, stated that the council reviewed the neglect of the federal government in addressing the challenges facing the sector as captured in their letters acknowledged by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Federal Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Nigeria and unproductive intervention of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
They established that the cost of flour, sugar and other materials used in the bakery business had skyrocketed beyond the reach of many bakers.
They also revealed that efforts to get government’s intervention in the matter had been unsuccessful, as there had been no positive response from the concerned ministries, departments and agencies of government.
“Increase in prices of bakery materials especially flour and sugar have reached unprecedented levels, for example, flour is now between N25,000 and N27,500, so also other ingredients.
“The National Wheat Cultivation Committee already constituted is yet to be inaugurated after over one year. NAFDAC, SON, NESREA have turned the bakers into money making machine by charging our members outrageous levies even at this very challenging moment,” they said.
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