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Food inflation rises to 23.7% on a year-on-year basis
Nigeria’s food inflation rate has risen to 23.72% on a year-on-year basis, marking a 5.39% increase compared to the rate recorded in October 2021 (18.34%).
This is according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for October released by the National Bureau of Statistics.
The increase was driven by a significant hike in the prices of essential food items. Part of the report said.
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“The rise in food inflation was caused by increases in prices of Bread and cereals, Food products n.e.c, Potatoes, yams and other tubers, oil and fat. The average annual rate of food inflation for the twelve months ending October 2022 was 19.83%, which was a 0.92% decline from the average annual rate of change recorded in October 2021 (20.75%).”
The increase in inflation rate is coming on the backdrop of nationwide floods which ravaged 400,000 hectares of farmlands. Analysts predicted that the damage could push food prices up.
The NBS added that headline inflation for October 2022 was 21.09%, having accelerated from 20.77% in September 2022.
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