By Bisola Adeyemo
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria said it has directed all members of the association to withdraw their services across the country for one week after the expiration of the two-week ultimatum given the federal government
The bakers issued a two-week ultimatum, starting from September 23, for the federal government to address the situation, which they said was killing the industry.
The National President of the association, Alhaji Mansur Umar, said this while briefing journalists on Thursday during their National Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
The president said the increasing cost of bakery ingredients, if not checked urgently, may soon drive bakers into extinction.
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Umar lamented that amid the hike in the price of baking materials and multiple taxes, the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) jerked up its tariff regime, further worsening their plight.
“At this time, most of our baking materials have risen to a level where appropriate bakery products pricing has become a very serious challenge. Daily trust reports.
“Our plea for the streamlining of our products regulations has not been heeded to, instead NAFDAC tariff regime has once again been jerked up.
“It becomes worrisome if the managers of our economy actually wish the bakery industry to remain or go extinct,” he said.
While urging the members of the association, Umar said “we have no other industry than this, so we must fight with all we have to keep the industry alive.
“Arise great master bakers and expeditiously begin the correction of this obvious abnormally, which, if not checked, will drive us into the unemployment market,” he added.
