Just as in the case of other agro commodities and foodstuffs, which are going beyond the reach of the masses, there are growing concerns over the high cost of yam.

The Managing Director of Iya Yusuf Restaurant, Yusuf Owoyemi Olatunji, has bemoaned the high cost of food items in the country.

Chronic hunger and famine, arising from the rising cost of food crops and other agro commodities appear to be hitting many parts of the country.

Basic food dealers have identified bad roads, logistic challenges and activities of some inter-state levy collectors as factors accounting for high prices of locally produced foods.

Can you imagine this scenario? A very strange young man, named Bernard Kukuye, accused his neighbour’s family of eating and spoiling his cooked meal with their nostrils! That was the real cause of the trouble brewing at 10, Akinloye Street, Surulere, Lagos, at the moment. Everybody knew Bernard to be a funny, quirky and bizarre…