Residents of Bauchi metropolis have cried out over the heavy burden of the high cost of food items, appealing to the government to urgently tackle the
A recent market survey by DAILY POST in the state capital showed that both the poor and the rich are currently groaning under the weight of expensive food, a situation that has continued unabated, months on.
A bag of the same staple containing 80 measures no go for N48,000 compared to the old cost of N32,000 while a mudu of local rice is now sold at between N550 and N600 in the markets visited. Sweet potatoes is now sold at N15, 000 per bag as against the N9, 000 per bag it was sold before now, while a tuber of yam is now sold between N800 and N1,000 as against the N200 or N300 it was before.
Speaking on the high cost of foodstuffs in an interview with DAILY POST, the Deputy Chairman, Bauchi State Foodstuffs Marketers, Sale Boko, said he was aware that many households can no longer afford to feed three times a day owing to the current high prices of food items. “Farmers need fertiliser to farm but as it is now and with the high cost of the fertilisers, many farmers cannot farm and there is no doubt that the prices of foodstuffs will be high in markets nationwide.”
“Unless President Buhari moves swiftly and tackles this insecurity headlong, it will continue to affect farming. If the prevailing situation continues like this, there may be a food crisis in the country by the end of this year’s farming season,” Boko said.
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