There is anxiety in markets across the country as Nigerians have decried the worsening scarcity of tomatoes and peppers, with consumers and sellers adducing different reasons for the scarcity. While traders lament low patronage, consumers lament the scarcity and high prices.
July 1, 2023There is anxiety in markets across the country as Nigerians have decried the worsening scarcity of tomatoes and peppers, with consumers and sellers adducing different reasons for the scarcity.Farmers and traders who spoke withhighlighted the ravaging Tuta Absoluta, popularly known as tomato ebola; fuel subsidy removal and its effect on transportation; and the rainy season as major reasons behind the scarcity of the commodity and its sudden disappearance from markets.
A trader, Abdullahi Musa, who sells tomatoes and pepper in baskets in the market, said, “It is not our fault that tomatoes are expensive now. Transportation from the North to Lagos has doubled, more so the rains damage most of the produce harvested, so the quantity coming into the state is limited. A crate of tomatoes sold for N24,000 as against the initial N7,000, while a paint bucket size had risen to N4,500 from N1,000.
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