Government Spokesperson Mustapha Baitas defended the executive’s prices control measures, saying, “this is a continuous action.”
The Government was under fire this week for its price control measures from citizens, who say the monitoring was “too little, too late,” as they demand structural and systemic interventions.
In a press briefing subsequent to this week’s government council today, Baitas presented indicative data and indicators on the outcome of market monitoring operations from January 1st to February 22.
The official stated that “the interventions of the mixed committees concerned the monitoring of 64,034 production, storage, wholesale and retail facilities, and led to the registration of 3,325 violations.”
As for quality, “the equivalent of 400 tons of unfit for consumption or non-conforming materials has been seized and destroyed,” the government official revealed.
Last Thursday, the government announced these new control measure amid skyrocketing food prices.
Baitas assured that “the current priority is the domestic market for all products,” stressing that “market supply is taking place naturally without any registered scarcities.”
“After the end of this crisis, the possibility of exporting to all international markets will be available,” said Baitas, after the government banned fruit and vegetable exports to West Africa.
Citizens have taken to the streets to protest high food prices, despite the Ministry of Interior’s disapproval. Since then, and despite the monitoring tours, prices have yet to stabilize at normal levels.
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