LIBERIA: ‘Rice Dealers’ Blocked Traffic, As Dozens Walked To Their Various Places Of Work

By GNNLiberia 77

In their demand to call on government to see reasons for importers of rice who have vowed to stop the importation of the commodity due to high cost, hundreds of local rice dealers have blocked road leading to the city center.

According to local dealers of the commodity, importers have informed them that they will seize the importation of rice if the government fail to regulate the price.

Currently the price of a 25kg bag of rice is sold at fifteen United States Dollars or  two thousand Liberian Dollars, noting that they have resolved to increase the price before supplying  local dealer.

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.

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