State Decree Leads To Meat Shortage In Wau Butcheries and meat selling shops in Wau town of Western Bahr el Ghazal have remained closed for 10days now , following the recent State authority decree to reduce the high meat prices hiked by butcheries.11 April 2011 A vegetable trader at Jaw main market in Wau [©Gurtong] By James Deng Dimo
WAU, 10th April, 2011 [Gurtong] – Butcheries and meat selling shops in Wau town of Western Bahr el Ghazal have remained closed for 10days now , following the recent State authority decree to reduce the high meat prices hiked by butcheries. Restaurants, hotels and families have complained on the government’s decree aimed at regulating the skyrocketing meat prizes in favour of the poor local people. The weeklong meat supply disruption has left families and other public food vendors to opt for vegetables. Before the decree, 1.kg of beef was sold at 12 Sudanese Pounds (4 USD), but now the same amount of meat goes for 14 SP (5 USD). The State authority directed the meat traders to reduce their meat prices to 10 SP. (3.3 USD) per Kilo while meat mixed with bones to 8 SP (3 USD) per kilo. Butcheries have remained in protest against the government’s decree that if they reduce the meat prices, they will gain loses since the price of a bull has also risen to the range of 1,200 SP (400 USD) to 1,800 SP (600 USD) by the auction dealers. According to Adam Ali, a butcher-man in Jaw main market, butcheries and meat traders have constantly closed their meat shops in town until the State Government accepts their demands. While speaking to Gurtong in Jaw main Market, Ali said “the Government is asking us to reduce our meat prices while the same Government’s monthly revenue taxes still remain high on us.” He called upon the State Government to have dialogue with them and find a solution for their demands so that they can resume business as usual. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
