Food Prices: Roots and Tubers To The Rescue
By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta
The other day the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) while reporting the current inflation rate, indicated that despite the huge effort to boost productivity in the agriculture sector, the prices of food appreciated and...
Food Prices Rising, Household Incomes Precarious – NBS
The prices of most food items increased in November this year, while the incomes for many households are still in precarious situations, the National Bureau of Statistics has said.
In its Selected Food Prices Watch for November 2020,...
Major Food Prices Increased In October, Says NBS Report
The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday said the prices of some major selected food items increased in October 2020.
In its just released report on Food Price Watch for October 2020, the bureau revealed that the...
Expect Crash In Food Prices, Farmers, Others Tell Nigerians
Farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector have projected that the high cost of food in most parts of the country will begin to drop in few months time.
Farmers under the aegis of the All...
Rise In Prices Of Cereal, Bread, Yam, Others Escalate Nigeria’s Inflation
Nigeria’s inflation has recorded seventh-month consecutive rise to 13.22 percent in August.
Headline inflation rate stood at 12.2 percent in February from where it rose steadily every month to 13.22 percent in August. When compared...
Finance Minister Contradicts Presidency, Says Food Prices Rising
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, says food prices are indeed going up. This is contrary to claims by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who said last week that...
