A nationwide strike has been announced by the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria.
The strike which is meant to commence on Tuesday, February 27 was announced on Monday by the National President of AMBCON, Mansur Umar, who maintained that unless the Federal Government honors the agreement made with the association in 2020, the strike would commence.
In his words; “The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria have critically accessed the state of our business operation, consequently demand the liberalisation of flour and sugar importation, reduction or total removal of import duties on major baking materials such as flour, sugar, butter, yeast, etc as applicable to other commodities as have recently been done by the Federal Government and provision of concessionary forex exchange to flour millers and other stakeholders as well as reduction of tariff on imported wheat and sugar,” it said.
Mr Umar also called for the setting up of a price control and monitoring committee as allowed by the constitution as amended and other conditions that will enhance the ease of doing business in the country.
This is even as also called for the temporary suspension of all types of taxation on the bakery industry at the federal, state, and local government levels.
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