The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria
(AMBCN) has threatened to withdraw their services nationwide, citing a hike in
the price of bakery materials, neglect of the federal government and fleecing
by regulatory agencies.
The association said this on Friday in a communiqué issued
after a meeting of its national executive council in Abuja.
In the communiqué, signed by the association’s executives,
led by Mansur Umar, its national president, the bakers said they would commence
an initial two-week strike from July 13, 2022.
They said the cost of flour, sugar and other materials used
in the bakery business had soared beyond the reach of many bakers.
The group also said efforts to get the government’s
intervention in the matter had been unsuccessful, as there had been no positive
response from the concerned ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of
government.
“Increase in prices of bakery materials, especially flour
and sugar having reached unprecedented levels, for example, flour is now
between N25,000 and N27,500, so also other ingredients,” it reads.
“The National Wheat Cultivation Committee already
constituted is yet to be inaugurated after over one year. NAFDAC, SON, and
NESREA have turned the bakers into money-making machines by charging our
members outrageous levies even at this very challenging moment.
“Consequently, the
NEC in session resolved that all zones, state, Local Governments and units of
our association should commence full mobilisation of our members nationwide to
embark on withdrawal of services starting from Wednesday, July 13, 2022, for an
initial period of two weeks.”
The association, however, told its members to await further
directives.
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.
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