Officials of the Banjul Port confirmed to JollofNews on Tuesday that Jah Oil’s cement vessel has yet to dock at the port, despite spending several days at the anchorage. This development has sparked fears of cement shortage and possible cement price hikes in parts of The Gambia as several local[Read More…]
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Touray Calls For GCCPC’s Dissolution For ‘Overlooking’ Anti-Competition In Cement Market
Farafenni-based long-standing cement trader Alagie Touray has called for the immediate dissolution of the Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC) for its apparent inaction in the face of the Gambia government’s debilitating cement tariff policy. The Gambia government sometime last year significantly raised the tariff on a bag of[Read More…]
Cement Importers Battle With Gov’t For Salvation Of Tariff-Induced Lost Livelihoods
Local cement importers are battling it out with The Gambia government in court over the tariff-induced devastations to their livelihoods with the Banjul High Court set for adoption of briefs on May 21st. The Gambia government sometime last year increased the tariff on a bag of imported cement from D30[Read More…]