The food items monitored include yam, rice, beans, vegetable oil, palm oil, tomatoes, pepper, maize, onion, and millet.
its outlets nationwide to sell fuel between N480 and N570 per litre, an almost 200 per cent increase from the initial price below N200.an increase in transportation fares and prices of goods and services, including foodstuff, by various percentages.
PREMIUM TIMES’ nationwide survey showed that on the average, the price of 50-kilogramme of sugar that previously sold between N30,000 to N32,000 now sells between N38,000 and N40,000. Also, a kilogramme of beef previously sold between N2,600 to N2,800 now sells between N3,000-N3,200 while a kilogramme of goat meat rose from N3,000 to N3,200.t the Olojudo market, Ido Ekiti in Ekiti State, a foodstuffs seller, Francisca Okonkwo, lamented the current state of food prices and how the surge in prices has worsened over the years thereby affecting the purchasing power of traders and consumers.
Mrs Okonkwo said that a 50kg bag of foreign rice sold between the range of N35,000 – N37,000 last year is now sold for N40,000 or N42,000 per bag. “A 10kg bag of mama gold semolina now is N6,400 and for a golden penny is N6,700 but last year both items were sold for the same price at N6,500. “A 50kg bag of yellow garri sold at the rate of N22,000 – N24,000 is now sold at the rate of N27,000. While a 50kg bag of white garri that was sold for N18,000 is now sold at N20,000,” Mr Aladimaka said.t Alapara Market in Akute, Ogun State, Ibrahim Garba and Muritala Ibrahim said sales have declined since the removal of the fuel subsidy which affected foodstuff distribution and logistics.
“If we buy, we must know how to sell to be able to gain our money back. We buy from the North and the cost of transportation has also doubled, like from N2,000 now N4,000,” he said.n Abuja, the federal capital territory, residents complained about the high cost of food items in the open markets, amid increase in transport fares.
“As of last year, or even some months back, we sold a kilogram of beef between N2,600 to N2,800 but now a kilogram of beef sells between N3,000 and N3,200. A kilogram of goat meat which was sold at the rate of N3,000 last year now costs N3,200.”The continuous increase in the price of food items in the country was also attributed to a decline in farm labour due to a high level of insecurity, climate change and seasonal variations.
“These days, prices of things vary in the market. If you come and buy rice or beans for a certain amount today, you might not get it at that amount tomorrow,” Mr Femi said. A grains dealer in the market, Dan-Asabe Mahmud, told PREMIUM TIMES that the fuel subsidy removal did not make much impact as expected because grain dealers in the market are using heavy trucks powered with diesel to convey their goods.
“Before the subsidy removal on gas, we were transporting a 100 kg bag of maize, sorghum, millet, and others at the cost of about N400 per bag but now is almost N1,000 per bag and we have to consider all other logistic costs before fixing the price per bag,” he added. A grain dealer in the Mai’Adua border market, Sulaiman Tunau, said drivers now charge N1,200 per bag for transport as against N500 that was the fare before the fuel subsidy removal.
A perishable goods wholesaler on Barhim Estate Road, Abdulkarimu Kabir, said prices jumped because of logistic concerns. “We have no other option than to increase it because we buy it from farms. They use fuel to power their generators and we also pay commercial vehicles to bring the produce to our shops,” he said.
Interestingly, the survey showed that the price of one crate of eggs that was sold at N2,100 – N2,200 last year fell to N2,000, while the price of four litres of crayfish remains unchanged .According to Mfonobong Joseph, a private school teacher, the increase in food prices is a major problem for her family, considering the small income she earns monthly.
“I know things are going up now, but it still depends on the location you are in. A 50-kg bag of foreign rice that I sold at the rate of N32,000 to N33,000 is now N38,000 – N40,000. Also speaking with PREMIUM TIMES, the national president of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria , Ibrahim Kabiru, said there are many reasons why food prices have remained steadily high for quite a while.
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