The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) has announced that its members will be embarking on a nationwide strike from February 27, 2024 over rising costs of production. Disclosing the decision to the press, Chairman of the AMBCN, Kogi state chapter, Chief Adeniyi Bamidele Gabriel, stated that the notice of an impending strike action was conveyed by president of the association, Alhaji Mansur Umar and the national secretary, Mr Jude Okafor.
The AMBCN Kogi state chairman revealed that the strike action became imperative as a result of forces closure of members' stores "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.” Chief Adeniyi Bamidele Gabriel also accused the federal government of creating business challenges for bakers via taxation burdens from numerous agencies like NAFDAC, SON, NESREA, Consumer Protection Council, and Department of Weight and Measures, amongst others.
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