Sierra Leone: Native consortium frowns at hike in flour price
Wheat Flour
Sierra Leone
Published Apr 14, 2023
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Native Consortium and Research Centre (NCRC) through a press release issued on Tuesday 11th April has condemned the recent hike in the price of wheat flour in the country.
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"The NCRC is urgently calling on President Bio to intervene in the astronomical hike in the price of bag of flour resulting into an artificial scarcity created by flour importers and the 92% increase within a week," the Consortium said. They urged the President to engage stakeholders in the flour industry including the Trade Minister, Pee Cee & Sons and Juldeh Shaw, among others, so as to reduce the price. "In as much as the political period matters but we are calling on Mr. President that our bread and butter matters most," they said. Late last week, there were rumours that bakers and bakery owners were preparing to go on strike due to a shortage of flour in the market and on Monday there was a huge scarcity of bread within the Freetown municipality which made it difficult for customers to have bread especially those who are observing the month of Ramadan. A large portion of Sierra Leoneans heavily depend on bread after rice, which is the country's staple food. Some homes in the ...
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