Bread Consumers Jittery Over Price Increase



Email This Page

Print This Page



The Independent (Banjul)

May 27, 2002
Posted to the web May 27, 2002

Seedy Bojang
Banjul

Some sour face bread consumers have ex pressed anger over the increase in
the price of the commodity and that only a miracle would stop them from
eating grass.

They complained that it was unnecessary to increase the price of the second
staple food in The Gambia when the prices of other commodities have gone up
without warning.

In the course of last week, many bread consumers were filled with dismay as
they learnt that the market price for bread has steadily increased by 1.5
percent, while per capita income for the average Gambian remains marginally
low.

According to reports, the price for a loaf of bread increased from D1.00 to
D1.25 and D2.00 to D2.50 for local and standard bread respectively.

Unhappy consumers said this situation has caused enormous inconvenience for
them as they depend on bread as their favorite food for breakfast and
dinner. 'They will only stop if we start eating grass' one terribly
disgruntled consumer enthused.

According to reports, the increase in the price of bread might have resulted
from the rising cost of flour, which reports say is heavily hoarded in
Western countries to inconvenience countries suspected to be Arab allies or
sympathizers in the war against terrorism.

'There are huge hectares of warehouse for most of the basic commodities that
are consumed in the outside world, but they failed to release them, because
of the recent September terrorist attacks' said a European journalist
visiting The Gambia.

He said the western world is engaged in a covert economic sanction on
suspect nations, by putting pressure on the exportation of goods,
particularly basic commodities. This is one of the implications and
consequences of terrorism, he said.

Many people, who spoke to The Independent on the economic implication of the
rising cost of goods, expressed grave concern that life is increasingly
becoming unbearable with people not knowing where or what the situation
would lead to.






_________________________________________________________________
Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface
at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
[log in to unmask]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~