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Breaking News: Bread Shortage-Affects Kaduna, Katsina, Kano (Details)

It is a tale of woes as an acute scarcity of one of Nigerians’ most popular staple foods, bread, has hit Kaduna, Katsina and Kano States.
Checks by the Correspondents of the Ireporteronline revealed that the most-favoured staple was now as scarce as petrol or the highly-prized precious metal, Gold.
It was observed that whereas the commodity was very hard to come by, its prices have hit the roof.
Many of the residents could no longer afford their darling food, as such had turned to other not-too-cheap alternatives like noodles, millet porridge and bean cake, as well as bread and beans, among others.
The prices of the commodity have also been increased by between 20 to 40 per cent.
Many shop owners and consumers have vehemently lamented the obnoxious development, appealing for an urgent action to redress the ugly trend.
One of the bakers told Ireporteronline in Kaduna, “”It is not that we are on strike, but we have had to stop production since 1st July, 2024.
“This unfortunate development was necessitated by the scarcity of wheat flour and its high cost, as well as sugar, oil and other additives.
“For instance, in June, we were buying a 50kg bag of flour for between N53,000 to N55,000, but it has now regrettably skyrocketed to between N67,000 to N70,000.
“How can we produce bread and also break even under this precarious situation?, “he told Ireporteronline anonymously.
Some bread sellers and consumers in Kaduna State decried the scarcity of bread around the state metropolis, saying that it had affected their businesses and daily lives.
Haidar Basiru , a tea and bread seller, said he usually buys 100 loaves of bread but due to the ongoing paucity, he was able to get only 30 loaves, which had finished already.
” The bakeries are saying they are on strike due to a hike in flour and sugar.
“This development has seriously affected our businesses as we usually operate in the mornings and evenings.
” But, from the look of things, we may not come out in the evening due to bread shortage.
“In fact, most of my colleagues operating around this axis in Kasuwan barci have not opened today, “he said.
Similarly , Mrs Kafayat Sadiq, a provisions seller, stated that she couldn’t get bread to stock in her shop since Tuesday, saying that her supplier had complained of the high cost of flour.
Abdullahi Muhammad, a bread consumer said, “I went to the shop in the morning to buy bread, which would be eaten as breakfast in my house but unfortunately, I couldn’t get it.”
” I had to buy spaghetti for the children to eat and go to school since there is no bread;
”I hope the issue would be alleviated soon.”
A resident of Funtua, Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State, Aliyu Idris, told Ireporteronline that the prices of bread have also gone up in the state.
He said, ”For instance, a loaf of bread that was selling for between N 200 before now goes for N 400. This has affected all the sizes of the bread.”
Idris also stated that tea sellers and shop owners were now finding it very hard to get the commodity for sale to their customers.
In Kano State, a resident of Kano also corroborated the unfortunate scenarios in Kaduna and Katsina States, saying,’ a loaf of bread formerly selling for N600 before now goes for N 800.”
”Also, a loaf of sliced bread that was selling for n 1200 before is now selling for N 1600,” Haruna Salisu told Ireporteronline .
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