Citizens of Raja County in Western Bahr el-Ghazal State urged government to intervene and resolve the issue of high prices commodities in the market.
Some buyers complain that prices of commodities started to rise since the process of lockdown up to now no change is made despite the last presidency degree on resuming marketing activities in the country, Voice of Hope Radio reported.
Now a kilo of Sugar is 350, flour 350, meat went from 750 to 920, one sack of charcoal now cost 1,200 and maluwa of sorghum is bought at 500.
Some buyers told CRN on Friday that it is difficult for them to manage and get daily food due to high prices in the market.
They urged the state government to take action in order to get the prices of all commodities back to their normal situation.
Raja County Chamber of Commerce chairperson, Dajiki, attributed the hiking to the bad roads between Sudan and South Sudan during the rainy season.
He explained that the issue of corona virus disease is another obstacle to the South Sudan and the world economy.
Other members of authorities in Raja could not immediately be reached for the comments by the press time.