Bread wey be one of di most important food wey we for Nigeria dey chop don dey scarce for places like Kaduna, Katsina and Kano States.
Checks wey News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) do for dis places show say bread don scarce like petrol or even gold! No be only dat, di price of bread don kolo reach roof level.
Many people no fit buy their favourite food again, and dem don turn to other things like noodles, millet porridge, bean cake, and small small alternatives. Di price of bread sef don increase by 20 to 40 percent.
People wey dey sell bread and people wey dey buy am dey complain about dis kain thing, and dem dey beg government to do something quick to solve dis problem.
One baker for Kaduna wey no gree give him name yarn NAN say, "We no dey strike o, but we just stop production since July 1st, 2024.
"Wetin cause am na because wheat flour wey we dey use to bake bread don scarce and di price don high. Sugar, oil and other things wey we dey put for bread don cost high too.
"For example, for June, na 53,000 to 55,000 naira we dey buy one bag of flour wey be 50kg. But now, di price don jump to 67,000 to 70,000 naira! How we go fit bake bread and still get gain for dis kain situation?"
People wey dey sell bread for Kaduna State dey cry say di scarcity dey affect their business and their daily life. Haidar Basiru, wey dey sell tea and bread, yarn say im wey dey normally buy 100 loaves of bread no fit even get 30 loaves because of di scarcity, and di ones wey im manage to buy don finish already.
Im come yarn again say, "Di bakeries dey yarn say dem dey strike because of di high price of flour and sugar. Dis thing don affect our business seriously because na morning and evening we dey normally sell.
"But from di way things dey go, e be like say we no go fit open for evening again because bread no dey."
Even people wey dey sell other things for shop dey feel dis kain problem. Mrs Kafayat Sadiq wey dey sell provisions yarn say since Tuesday, she no fit get bread to even sell for her shop because di person wey dey supply am dey complain about di high cost of flour.
One man wey dey buy bread, Abdullahi Muhammad, yarn say im go shop for morning to buy bread wey im family go chop for breakfast, but unfortunately, im no even see any bread for buy.
"I come buy spaghetti for my pikin so dem go fit chop am and go school since bread no dey. I just hope say dis problem go go soon," na wetin im yarn.
People for Funtua wey dey for Katsina State also yarn di same tori. Aliyu Idris yarn say di price of bread for there don increase.
"For example, one loaf of bread wey dem bin dey sell for N200 before now, na N400 dem dey sell am now. Dis thing affect all di different sizes of bread wey dey," na wetin im yarn.
Im come yarn on top say people wey dey sell tea and people wey dey sell things for shop dey find am hard to even get bread to sell for their customers.
For Kano State, one resident wey dey stay for Kano yarn di same tori wey dem dey yarn for Kaduna and Katsina. Im yarn say, "One loaf of bread wey dem bin dey sell for N600 before now, na N800 dem dey sell am now. Even sliced bread wey dem bin dey sell for N1200 before now, na N1600 dem dey sell am now."
Source: Prime 9ja Online Pidgin: Bread Palava Don Land Kaduna, Katsina & Kano, Price Hike & Scarcity Cause Wahala