Daily Champion
22 May 2011
Port Harcourt — Members of the Association of Master Bakers of Nigeria, have commenced a one week warning strike to protest the high cost of raw materials used in producing bread.
The Rivers State Chairman of the Association Mr. Kolawole Adelekan, who led other members on a peaceful protest, weekend said they were at the Government House Port Hacourt in response to the directive of their national body to intimate the state Government of the plight of the association.
Mr. Adelekan said their grievance stems from the high cost of raw materials such as flour as the main stake in producing bread and the supportive material sugar that has gone beyond the reach of an average baker that would ultimately increase the price of bread.
He explained that the association was concerned about the effect of price increase on bread, which would further impoverish the common man on the street, and urged the government to urgently address the issue before the end of the one week warning strike or face increase in prices of bread on resumption from the strike.
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