The president of the National Federation of Bakers of Senegal (FNBS), Amadou Gaye is not completely satisfied with the new price of the 190 gram baguette which should be sold at 150 CFA francs from this Monday, June 24.
He is demanding, in fact, a reduction of 6,500 F CFA instead of 4,000 F CFA on the price of a bag of wheat flour “for a sustainable price for a baguette”.
“We told them: ”If you want a reduction of 25 FCFA, you must at least lower the price of flour by 6,500 FCFA. But the reduction only amounted to 4,000 FCFA. So there is no consensus. But we have measured all the efforts that the State is making for a minimum subsidy of 160 million CFA per day so that flour drops by 4,000 FCFA,” said Amadou Gaye this Friday. He adds: “the State has decided and we are not going to oppose the State”.
Furthermore, the president of the FNBS calls for the elimination of the tax on bakery products and cheaper electricity pricing to support bakers.
“Value added tax (VAT) should be suspended on all other products we pay for. And even better, there is another tax in relation to the customs accompaniment to the port, all this must be avoided so that bread is today a social product. A social product also means lower pricing compared to Senelec. Moreover, in January, we even wanted to go on strike because of this,” he insisted.
The Director of Internal Trade, for his part, affirms that discussions have begun to find a solution to these requests. Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Ndao calls, in this sense, on bakers for better collaboration to lighten the basket of the housewife.
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