- Warehouse is situated in the Phase 3 Region of the FCT area of Abuja
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory on Sunday looted a warehouse reportedly belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria over the current economic hardship across the country.
It was learnt that the warehouse is situated in the Phase 3 Region of the FCT area of Abuja.
The spokesperson for the FCT command, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the incident, saying, “The situation is now under control.”
In another development, the residents of Kogi are to pay more for bread as bakers called off their four-day-old strike and increased prices of the essential commodity in the state.
The bakers had, on Tuesday in Lokoja, embarked on strike. It was in protest of the high cost of flour, sugar and fuel, negatively affecting the production and distribution of bread across the state.
Chief Gabriel Bamidele, Chairman, Kogi Bakers Association, said on Saturday that prices of all categories/sizes of bread had increased. He noted that it was due to the hash economic condition in the country.
Bamidele disclosed that the four-day strike had been called off with slight increase in the prices of bread.
“As an association, we have resolved that the first three small categories/sizes of bread will attract only a N50 increment. The bigger ones will attract a N100 increment.
“This means a bread that was sold for N100, N200 and N250 will now cost N150,N 250 and N300.
“Also the big ones that used to cost N800, N1,000, N1,200 and N1,400 will now cost N900, N1,100, N1,300 and N1,500 in the market.
“These increments became imperative given the high cost of flour, sugar, petrol, and engine oil in the country today.
“We hope that the public will understand our plights and cooperate with us to keep us afloat in business,” he said.
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