The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) has declared the resolve of its members to embark be on a nationwide strike from February 27 over rising cost of production.
Kogi State chairman of AMBCN, Chief Adeniyi Bamidele Gabriel, announced this on Tuesday, February 13, saying the strike notice was conveyed by the national president of the association, Alhaji Mansur Umar, and the national secretary, Mr Jude Okafor.
Gabriel said the strike decision became imperative as its members were closing shops “due to the multifarious increase in the prices of baking materials such as flour, sugar, yeast, vegetable oil, petrol, diesel occasioned by subsidy removal and forex deregulation, multiple taxation via federal government agencies.”
Aside from accusing the federal government of instituting multiple taxation burdens on members through agencies like NAFDAC, SON, NESREA, Consumer Protection Council, and Department of Weight and Measures, among others, they lamented the same burdens were also being foisted on them state and local governments.
“Fees and levies such as emblems, assessment levies, touting, etc. and the general hike on ease of doing business in Nigeria,” he association said.
They said this has created a harsh business climate for the organisation to operate.
