Kogi government imposes tax on loaf of bread

Kogi state commissioner for information and communications, Kingsley Fanwo, has said the government imposed levy on every loaf of bread sold, in order to protect indigenous bakers.

Fanwo made this known in a statement on Friday titled.

The state chapter of the association of master bakers and caterers of Nigeria had said it received a memo from the state’s ministry of commerce imposing a levy on each loaf of bread.

The association had said the move would bring unbearable pains on its members.