Tension as Ebonyi bakers withdraw services Wednesday

The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, Ebonyi chapter, on Saturday said it would withdraw its services in the state from July 13 as directed by its national body.

The state Chairman of the association, Mr Felix Eze, who disclosed this in Abakaliki after AMBCN’s meeting on the action scheduled to last for two weeks, said the withdrawal of service was necessitated by the Federal Government’s alleged insensitivity to the plight of bakers across the country.

This, Eze said, had adversely affected bakers’ businesses.

“The prices of materials increase steadily as a bag of flour, which hitherto cost N25,000, presently costs more than N27,000. We are not embarking on the measure to the detriment of our customers, but to assist them and enhance our businesses,” he was quoted as saying by the News Agency of Nigeria.

The South-East zonal leadership of the association had on July 6 directed states in the zone to comply with the national body’s directive on the withdrawal of services.

The state chairman urged the government to urgently address the challenges to ensure that bakers dutifully rendered their services to the people.

“The government should cut relevant taxes and check the ever-increasing exchange rate of foreign currencies. The producers of bakery products claim that such increment influences the prices of the materials. Punch