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food prices hike

A vendor stand beside tubers of yams and waiting for buyers in a sparsely attended Mile 12 Market in Lagos, on April 6, 2020. - The lockdown of Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub has set food vendors at loggerheads with consumers . While food vendors are complaining of low patronage as securities operatives intensify enforcement of the sit-at-home order to contain the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, consumers are blaming the arbitrary hike in prices of foodstuffs across the state to trader's insensitivity to the suffering of the people. Traders attribute the price hike of food items on restriction of vehicle movement by security operatives enforcing the lockdown and difficulties in transportationing goods from rural areas to the metropolis. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

Food prices significantly high in June -NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says prices of beans, tomatoes, Irish potatoes, garri, yam and other food items witnessed significant price increases in June 2024. The NBS said this in its
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