The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
South East chapter, will withdraw its services from July 13, as directed by its national body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Zonal Chairman of the association, Chief Dominic Nwibe made this known on Wednesday in Abakaliki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On June 26, National President of AMBCN , Malam Mansur Umar said members would begin a two-week strike from July 13, citing increase in prices of bakery materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe had a zonal meeting in Abakaliki and decided to follow the directive which is supposed to last for two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA bag of baking flour which hitherto cost N25,000 presently cost N28,000 and is is worrisome that it will keep increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA bag of sugar which hitherto cost N9,000 presently cost N30,000 while 20 litres of groundnut oil costs about N20,000,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that the members felt it was unnecessary to keep increasing the prices of bakery products such as bread at the detriment of customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe customers would feel that we are greedy and we want to let the federal government know that the situation had become unbearable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are asking for the liberalisation of sugar importation process to break the monopoly by two or three firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese firms import sugar and control its price mechanisms as the withdraw of services will make our customers know we are telling the truth on reasons for price increases\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The zonal chairman regretted that the authorities blamed the high cost of materials on economic effects of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t see any justification to this assertion as flour for instance, can be sourced from nearby countries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also speaking, the south east Zonal Secretary of the association, Mr Okey Ezeanata said that bakers have been seriously affected by the development as most of them \u2018have closed shops\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe market forces have been unfair to us and as the time we increased prices of products in April till present, there have been several changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe urge the federal government to allow mass participation in our materials\u2019 importation process just like in the telecommunication sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The association alleged that the National Wheat Cultivation Committee already constituted is yet to be inaugurated after over one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In March, bakers complained that the hike in diesel price and exchange rate volatility caused many of its members across the country to shut down their business operations.<\/p>\n\n\n
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) South East chapter, will withdraw its services from July 13, as directed by its national body. The Zonal Chairman of the association, Chief Dominic Nwibe made this known on Wednesday in Abakaliki. On June 26, National President of AMBCN , Malam Mansur Umar said members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,949],"tags":[1269],"class_list":["post-43541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-economy","tag-bakers","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"\n