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MOZAMBIQUE-ZIMBABWE: The commodities lifeline

HARARE Thursday, September 11, 2008 (IRIN) - It is 7 a.m. at the main long-distance bus terminus in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare. The roof-rack of a battered 75-seater bus is piled high with goods, from bales of dried tobacco leaves to reed mats, in preparation for the 24-hour journey southeast to the town of Sango, in Chiredzi district on the Mozambican border. "We go to the Sango border every Wednesday morning and if we travel without any problems we arrive there early on Thursday morning. It...

Comium Donates to Triplets

Comium last Thursday gave multiform gifts to Abbie Jallow, who recently gave birth to triplets at the BAFROW Medical Centre in Serrekunda. The gifts were various commodities for babies and an amount of D25, 000. Ms Ya Saine Gaye, Comium’s Communication Officer, said at the handing over ceremony at the BAFROW Medical Centre that Comium is always aware of its social responsibilities, adding that it is not always about buying and selling but also giving. She maintained that Comium is a company...

As Koriteh draws closer WR governor urges against overpricing

As the Muslim feast of Koriteh draws nearer, the governor of Western Region, Lamin Sanneh has urged market vendors to desist from overpricing their commodities. In an interview with the Daily Observer  at his office in Brikama, Governor Sanneh said it is un-Islamic to levy exorbitant prices on commodities just because it is Koriteh time. He asserted that vendors should be cautioned on the dangers associated with cheating. He added that such acts are forbidden by Allah . He concluded that...

Prices of foodstuff: Cause for concern

Barely a week after the Muslim community in The Gambia started observing the holy month of Ramadan, the Daily Observer took it upon itself to sample the opinion of the general public on the state of the prices of basic food commodities in the market. However, the paper has so far gathered that prices of basic food commodities continue to rise crescendo. Prices fluctuation seem to be the favourite activity of unscrupulous retailers. At the Serrekunda market, consumers have raised great concerns...

As Ramadan draws closer Imam Touray appeals for price reduction

As the Muslim Ummah prepares for the Holy month of Ramadan, Alhaji Momodou Lamin Touray, the newly-elected president of the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council (GSIC), has urged Muslims, notably those in the business sector to reduce the prices of basic foodstuffs and be honest in their dealings with the masses. Some business people and vendors are in the habit of raising prices of basic commodities during the month of Ramadan; an act that is contrary to the spirit of the blessed month in the...

Price of basic commodities should be scrutinised

Editor Please, allow me space in your widely read newspaper to express my views on the state of affairs surrounding the prices of basic food stuff. The price of basic commodities is on the increase on a daily basis. Individuals unilaterally inflate prices at their own convenience, without considering the negative impact it would have on the less fortunate in society. As we all know, 90% of Gambians are the farming poor. Presently a bundle of maize costs D10, while a tin of groundnut...

Concern over price of bread

The Community Assistant Group (CAG), an organisation concerned with prices of basic commodities in the country, has raised concern over the weight of bread following the increase in price of a locally prepared bread called tapa lapa. In an interview with the Daily Observer, Buba Sarr, chairman of  CAG, questioned the rationale behind the increase in the price of the bread when the price of a bag of flour remains unchanged. According to Mr Sarr, their findings revealed that within the  Kombo...

Race against hunger

Editor, The time has come for our individual and collective prayers, as we are about to face high prices on basic commodities. Let us all in our very little ways engage in farming, in order to feed ourselves. Let everybody, Gambians and non-Gambians over the age of 21 years, sow six kilos of rice, millet, maize, groundnut, and beans, then there will be enough feeding for all, year in, year out. The department of agriculture and NARI should be at hand to provide us with farming equipment,...

Electricity tariffs to go down

By 2009, NAWEC’s electricity tariff will be drastically reduced for customers with a special concession to industries operating in The Gambia. This was disclosed by President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh yesterday in the afternoon during a meeting with members of the Association of Gambian Manufacturers at State House in Banjul. During the gathering,  the  association’s president, Muhammed Sillah of Sankung Sillah &Sons, pointed out a number of issues hindering their smooth operations ranging from...

The Truth About Soaring Prices

As conveyed in our lead story, many businessmen we spoke to  have called for reduction of tariffs on imported goods. They are of the view that high tariffs and taxes are responsible for the recent hike in prices of essential commodities in the country. It is a widespread conception that business in general has gotten so slow in the country that some major shop owners have started relocating to other countries where duties are cheaper. Another worrying phenomenon is that people from the...