BO Traders Will Not Undermine Bio’s Government-Bo Traders Pledge

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Traders are seen at the Lumley Market in Freetown on April 9, 2022, prices for food, fuel and gas has surged in Sierra Leone due to the disruption of the global food supply by the COVID-19 pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. - Life is a struggle for many in the Kroo Bay slum. But war in faraway Ukraine has made life harder still. Fuel prices, as well as the prices of basics such as cooking oil and rice, have increased sharply in the West African nation recently. (Photo by Saidu BAH / AFP) (Photo by SAIDU BAH/AFP via Getty Images)

By: Aruna Kamara (BO)

Some of the traders at the Bo Central Market have said that amidst the increment in the price of goods, they will not undermine the President Bio’s administration to succeed.

Speaking to A-Z Newspaper, a Fish Trader, Juliana Koroma said that “I am always talking to my  colleagues not to  embark on over profiteering at the expensive of the poor people as Bio’s  government is doing its best to ensure that there is price controls. ”

She said she is not a party card holder but just trust in President Bio’s vision to move the country forward.

According to Madam Koroma, the traders should support the Bio Government to succeed in fulfilling the promise he made to the people of the country.

Another trader, Phillip Turay said that ”one of the ways to support the President is to remain law abiding citizens by ensuring that we move away from places prohibited to trade”.

He added that President Bio is against lawlessness and it is good to support him to achieve the goal of kicking against street trading.

He pointed out that ‘we hope the local councils and the government should build more markets for the traders to discourage street trading.

Adama Abu, Onion Trader said that we hope the government will support people to embark on planting of onion in order to have more onions in the market, adding “let everyone embark on farming in order to have more local commodities in the country instead of relying on imported food stuffs. We need to support the President Bio’s government to succeed,” he said.

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