Bakers and Caterers in Nigeria have announced a nationwide strike, effective 27th February 2024. The decision was announced by the Chairman of the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, AMBCN, in Kogi state, Adeniyi Gabriel, on Tuesday, at a press conference in Lokoja. Adeniyi Gabriel informed that the National President of the Association, Mansur Umar, stated the position of the association on the ease of doing business in Nigeria and the notice of total withdrawal of their services. Gabriel said, “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 taxations from federal government agencies, the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria haven critically accessed the state of our business operation, consequently demand the following: “Liberalisation of flour and sugar importation, reduction or total removal of import dutie