Vegetable traders at the Serrekunda market have lamented some of the difficulties hindering the smooth conduct of their businesses. These challenges include high cost of transportation of goods to the market, lack of price control, double payment of duties and more. Therefore, the vendors omen called on the Gambian government and relevant stakeholders to come forth and address some of these challenges.
Mariama Saho, a resident of Sukuta and vendor at the Serrekunda market, said that high cost of vegetable is as result of the increased in price of fertilizer, further appealing to government to reduce the price of fertilizer. Saho also observed that transportation is major challenge to the growth of their business.
Source: thepoint.gm