From next January 31, the price of super and diesel will increase by 5%, the Congolese government announced on Friday, January 6, which specifies that this measure follows negotiations with the International Monetary Fund. The IMF asks the Congo to stop subsidizing petroleum products. He wants prices at the pump to be increased by at least 50%. The government is pleased to have negotiated hard, but consumers shun the announced increase.
With our correspondent in Brazzaville, Loicia Martial
It was Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso who announced the news in front of the transport and consumer union leaders.
” We were able to get the fuel to only increase by 5%. Which will make the liter of diesel from 475 to 500 FCFA and the super from 595 to 625 F “, he specified.
A rise very badly received by consumers in the streets of Brazzaville. ” The fuel to have it in Brazzaville is already difficult. We have to line up. And when it becomes even more expensive, it will not suit us. I don’t know how this can be justified given that we are an oil producing and exporting country. It can be understood in non-oil countries. But with us it’s hard to understand they complain.
President of the Congolese Association for the Defense of Consumer Rights, Dieudonné Moussala warns: ” It can make people cringe because the carriers will find an excuse to increase the tickets, and the merchant will also take the opportunity to increase the prices of foodstuffs. he says.
The Prime Minister says the government will ensure that the price of transport and food is not increased.