Christmas & New Year Festivities: Trade Minister Gives Assurance

Goods for Christmas and New Year festivities are available and in abundant stock across markets in the country, especially in the capital city Yaounde, the Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana has assured. He gave the assurance, Saturday December 22, 2018, after a field visit to some supermarkets and promotional sale point in Yaounde.

Last Saturday’s visit, which has become traditional, was aimed at ensuring that on the eve of festivities, people could easily get what they want for their merriment. The inspection visit took Minister Luc Magloire and his collaborators across the city of Yaounde. In Santa Lucia supermarket in Ngousso, like in Dovv supermarket in Bastos, Mahima supermarket in Warda and Casino Supermarket at the Central Post Office Roundabout, the observation was the same – stocks are available in large quantities and affordable by the average person.

“The visit which is almost becoming a tradition is to personally be assured that our markets are well stocked on the eve of Christmas and the New Year feast. I wanted to be sure that the stocks are available and that the prices have not been inflated,” the Minister told reporters at the end of his visit. According to him, the traditional market is well furnished. “Today, we are observing that there is enough in the market and suppliers are left waiting to respond to demand, unlike in the past,” Luc Magloire said.

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