{"id":95517,"date":"2026-04-01T11:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/vendors-cry-over-skyrocketing-price-of-goods"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:13:33","slug":"vendors-cry-over-skyrocketing-price-of-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/vendors-cry-over-skyrocketing-price-of-goods","title":{"rendered":"Vendors Cry over Skyrocketing Price of Goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Scores of vendors and businessmen in Serrekunda and Coastal Road Markets have complained over the skyrocketing of prices of goods and food stuffs.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The vendors have spoken out during an interview with the Voice Newpaper which went out and about in market areas in Serre Kunda and Coastal Road.<\/p>\n<p>Malick Ceesay, a vendor at Coastal Road says the over pricing of goods is becoming unbearable to him and his colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Gambia needs strict regulations of prices of goods to put the business sector in order. \u201cEverything in this country is expensive ranging from basic commodities, clothes and even drivers do keep on adding transport fares on no basis. This is affecting a lot of petty businessmen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the government to intervene as soon as possible saying they have been crying out over the matter for many years with little action from authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Sulayman Dampha, PRO of Serre kunda Market for his part, also discussed the continuous price hike in the country. \u201cWe cannot buy goods at such high prices and sell it cheaply. How are we going to survive as businessmen with so much dependence,\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Dampha discloses that a lot of goods are in the market but customers complained over lack of money. \u201cThis is serious and needs urgent solution. Everyone is complaining about the hardship of the country,\u201d he remarked. He called on Gambians to vote wisely in the December 2026 elections as the elections will determine the future of the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>Ousman Sanneh, another businessman also suggested that government should set strategies towards regulating the business sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are suffering. We don\u2019t make profit and that is causing economic losses to us. A lot of people are going through the same stress daily,\u201d he said. \u201cAs a vendor I appeal to the government to help us find solutions to these problems,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Gambia<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Scores of vendors and businessmen in Serrekunda and Coastal Road Markets have complained over the skyrocketing of prices of goods and food stuffs. The vendors have spoken out during an interview with the Voice Newpaper which went out and about in market areas in Serre Kunda and Coastal Road. Malick Ceesay, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-95517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vendors Cry over Skyrocketing Price of Goods - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Gambia. 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