River Nile: Bread Price Rise, Government Denies

Sudan Events – Rehab Abdullah 

Over the course of two consecutive days, a number of cities in the River Nile State witnessed a bread crisis that brought back queuing again, and many citizens struggled to obtain bread, at a time when bakery owners increased the price of bread, so that the price of three pieces of bread became 200 pounds instead of four pieces for 200 pounds. However, the Minister of Finance of the River Nile, Mahjoub Al-Sir, denied that the state had not approved any increase in the price of a loaf of bread, and stressed that any violation puts the perpetrator subject to the emergency law. Al-Sir added: “Do not be lenient or lax in the citizen’s livelihood, stressing that people’s livelihood is a red line and we will not accept queuing in front of bakery destinations, we are working to impose state prestige and apply strict penalties on crisis merchants. We will work to withdraw the licenses of violating bakeries and conduct survey studies to establish alternative bakeries.
The River Nile Economic Committee revealed that it has taken strict measures and controls to contain the bread crisis and provide it within bakeries operating in the state’s cities, and to implement strict inspection and monitoring campaigns led by the competent security services.