The National Bureau of Statistics says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 22.04 per cent on a year-on-year basis in March 2023.
According to the report, the highest increases were recorded in prices of gas, passenger transport by Air, liquid fuel, fuels, lubricants for Personal transport equipment, and vehicles spare parts.
The report said on a year-on-year basis in March 2023, that the urban inflation rate was 23.07 per cent, which was 6.63 per cent higher compared to the 16.44 per cent recorded in March 2022. “On a month-on-month basis, the rural inflation rate in March 2023 was 1.72 per cent, which increased by 0.14 per cent compared to February 2023 at 1.58 per cent.”
It, however, said the slowest rise in headline year-on-year inflation was recorded in Borno at 10.18 per cent, followed by Cross River/Sokoto at 19.24 per cent, and Benue at 20.01 per cent. The report said food inflation in March 2023, on a year-on-year basis, was highest in Kwara at 28.48 per cent, followed by Ondo at 28.22 per cent, and Lagos at 27.92 per cent.
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