DAILY TRUST
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN) has issued a notice of a nationwide strike from February 27 over unfavourable business climate.
The Kogi State chairman of AMBCN, Chief Adeniyi Bamidele Gabriel, disclosed this Tuesday in Lokoja to newsmen.
He said the notice was contained in a statement issued jointly by the national president of the association, Alhaji Mansur Umar, and the national secretary, Mr Jude Okafor.
He said the organisation is 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.”
AMBCN added that the federal government effected multiple taxation burdens via agencies like NAFDAC, SON, NESREA, Consumer Protection Council, Department of Weight and Measures, among others.
The organisation added that, “States and local government agencies fees and levies such as emblems, assessment levies, touting, etc. and the general hike on ease of doing business in Nigeria” have created a harsh business climate for the organisation to operate.
