Can anyone tell us what a bag of sugar costs in the Gambia today? Sidibeh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Momodou Camara" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:56 PM Subject: FWD:As Ramadan Approaches Price of Basic Commodities Still Hiking > As Ramadan Approaches Price of Basic Commodities Still Hiking > > The Daily Observer (Banjul) > NEWS > November 5, 2002 > Posted to the web November 5, 2002 > > By Sunkary Sanjo > Banjul > > It is a tradition in The Gambia that every year when Ramadan approaches, > the price of basic commodity like rice, sugar, oil, etc are reduced to the > barest minimum so that every Gambian will be able to afford them. But this > year, the circumstances speak differently. According to opinion poll > conducted by our reporter the price of basic commodities still remain sky- > rocketing as Ramadan approaches. > > Stergas Herve Artant, a Lebanese businessman in The Gambia told our > reporter that they have no desire to trade at the present prices but that > because of market forces, they are obliged to do so. > > "Gambians should realise that the high price of commodities in the country > is not caused by the local businessmen but by the weakness of the Dalasi > against major international currencies. > > "The foreign exchange rates have gone up. Our desire is to make all people > able to afford what we are selling and not to victimise them." Fatou > Drammeh, a resident of Bakau lamented that the government should intervene > and help to tackle the problem because the Ramadan starts soon and prices > are still sky-rocketing. > > "We are poor and we do find it extremely difficult to buy a bag of rice > which now costs D270. We are indeed appealing to the Jammeh administration > to come to our aid," she added. > > Meanwhile, Gambians from the length and breadth of the country are > complaining of the high cost of basic commodities. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~