Burkina Faso seals stores, orders owners to work for public
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The Economic Control and Fraud Repression Mobile Brigade (BMCRF) in Burkina Faso closed five businesses in and around Ouagadougou after inspecting prices for cement and everyday goods.
The BMCRF took the business owners into custody and ordered them to perform public service work as a penalty. Inspectors visited stores and cement warehouses in areas including the Grand Marché of Ouagadougou and Kamboinsin. The BMCRF sealed any business found to be illegally raising prices on cement or essential goods.
The BMCRF plans to continue and increase these inspections, warning that any violations will result in store closures and required public service from those responsible. The agency stated it is acting to protect consumers, enforce price controls, and maintain purchasing power for citizens, and provided phone numbers for people to report price violations.
