SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Minister’s apology for Sudan bread shortage

13/2/2020: Radio Dabanga - Minister’s apology for Sudan bread shortage

Radio Dabanga reports that Sudan’s Minister of Industry and Trade Madani Abbas Madani, has apologised to the Sudanese people for the lack of a solution to the bread shortage, and affirmed the state’s commitment to continue subsidising bread until the end of the transitional period.

 Madani added that up to half of the subsidised four is ‘leaked’ illegally by smuggling or being sold to restaurants and sweet-makers.

 He explained that the ministry is in the process of launching an electronic monitoring system which will be in place within a month to control wheat, flour, and bread in the import, production and distribution phases.

He added that a special police department and a hotline are to be established to secure supplies and receive public complaints respectively. He also threatened to revoke the licenses of agents and bakeries that hoard bread and flour.