Nigeria’s inflation rate rises to 27.33%

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday, in the October 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report, revealed that Nigeria’s inflation rate has risen to 27.33% in October 2023, noting that prices of food stuffs continue to increase since the removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Tinubu.

The CPI, which measures the changes in the prices of goods and services, rose from 26.72% to 27.33% showing an increase of 0.61% points.

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According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) CPI report, “In October 2023, the headline inflation rate increased to 27.33% relative to the September 2023 headline inflation rate which was 26.72%.

“Looking at the movement, the October 2023 headline inflation rate showed an increase of 0.61% points when compared to the September 2023 headline inflation rate.

“Furthermore, on a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 6.24% points higher compared to the rate recorded in October 2022, which was (21.09%).

“This shows that the headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) increased in October 2023 when compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e., October 2022).”