Prices of food stuff drop in February – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics , said the average price of some selected food items in the country decreased in February.It said the average price of one dozen of medium sized agric egg decreased from N469.85 in January to N464.27 in February.
It said the average price of a piece of medium sized agric egg increased year-on-year by 2.33 per cent and month-on-month by 0.12 per cent to N42.23 in February from N42.18 in January. It said the average price of one kilogramme of rice decreased year-on-year by 0.23 per cent and month-on-month by -0.45 per cent to N364.38 in February from N366.04 in January.
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