By Mustapha Jarju
President-elect His Excellency Adama Barrow has been urged by citizenry to address the daily increase of prices by putting in place price regulation to step down the daily increase of essential commodities price.
The call comes days after Barrow promised the nation of his administration’s commitment to address high food prices by investing massively in agricultural production.
Jaiteh Touray, vegetable vendor at the Serekunda market, called on Barrow to help address the high price of commodities as he got re-elected into office.
“If you buy 3 cups of oil from (D100) how much will be left? I think only D40 will be left. What can you do with that?” she said.
She stated that The Gambia is not going on a straight path and it will be difficult to buy some items in this country in the near future.
“We have agreed with Barrow to reduce the price of Rice and he did not do that now that he is re-elected. Let him have sympathy for the families because many families are under the care of the women, and we are the ones suffering,” she said.
She also called on the political leaders to address their militants to stop using tribal sentiments because it will not take the country forward.
Fatou Manneh, a resident of Sukuta Lambai, said: “now we have made President Barrow to win the election and run the affairs of the State for the next five years, the concern of the women is to make better living conditions and reduce the price of commodities.”
“Whatever I earn daily is what I spend to feed my family we cannot buy a bag of rice and the same thing for the kids’ school fees. I have been selling in the market for the past 20 years but the difficulties we have faced in the past 5 years is too much,” Fatoumatta Dumbuya said.