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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~