The economic hardship in the country has taken a new dimension as the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) has directed its members to increase the prices of bread, biscuits and other baked items by 30 percent due to the rising cost of production. Bread and biscuits are.The Advocate
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) says prices of bread and biscuits will be increase by 30 percent to cushion rising cost of operation.
The association also resolved to ask the federal government to reverse the tariff regime imposed by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and to streamline bakers’ regulation by NAFDAC only.
At the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the association held in Abuja recently, members lamented the cost of production and reached the resolution of raising prices.
The national president of AMBCN, Mansur Umar, said the price adjustment was as a result of the sudden increase in the cost of production as well as prices of sugar, butter, yeast and flour.
While commending the federal government for resuscitating the cassava flour programme, the association bemoaned the skyrocketing price of regular flour in the last six months with one truck of flour which cost less than N6 million is now N9m.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) has stated that prices of bread and biscuits will increase by 30 percent to curtail the impact of rising cost of production. The association announced this at the end of its national executive council (NEC) meeting in Abuja. Mansur Umar, national president […]