COVID-19: High demand for garri as prices of food items skyrocket
With skyrocketing prices of food items resulting from COVID -19 pandemic garri has emerged as the food item in highest demand, especially among low-income workers in Sokoto.“Both the white and yellow varieties are in high demand, more than the other commodities around,” a grain seller at Gagi roundabout, Abubakar Dan Baba, told Caliphate Trust.
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