No be small matter o! Naija food prices don waka come down small, and e clear say Nigerians dey feel am. Na National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) drop gist say for November 2025, prices of major food items like rice, beans, garri, tomatoes, and onions don drop well-well. As e be, 1kg of local rice don reduce 5% come N1,861.95 compared to last year. Na serious discount, no be so?
As for beans, e don fall even more. Brown beans don land to N1,547.03, which na about 43% reduction year-on-year. E even get month-to-month reduction of 12.13%. Garri, no too far; na N819.70 for 1kg, e don drop 32% year-on-year. Na this kain price drop wey make some market people dey shine their teeth, but dem still dey hold their pocket tight.
But wetin e go be for palm oil? E no come too sweet o! Palm oil price don rise small to N2,508.73. Na so life be; some dey rise, some dey fall. Kogi state dey hold the highest rice price for N2,159.99, while Bauchi dey enjoy lowest price with N1,237.81. Price cruises up and down, just like Naija weather!
For market yang, traders dey talk say consumers don start to open their wallets small-small again e fit be because prices don dey yakpa down. For Osogbo market, plenty people don dey buy full basket of tomatoes, and some prices don fall sharply. But no be all food items come down: Irish potatoes don shoot up from about N5,000 to N10,000! Wetin happen?
People dey happy wey prices don drop but plenty dem also dey cry for low purchasing power. Omo, that na major wahala wey dey face naija families. E be like say dollar don settle for market, but people no fit reach am; salaries dey come late, e dey affect shopping.
Farmers dey vex too; dem talk say dem dey suffer how transport and farm inputs extra cost dey chop their profits. Kabir Ibrahim, wey be all farmers association big man, talk say if dem no fix this transport wahala, na so food go dey expensive again. E get levels for this life, abeg!
Experts dey urge government make dem shine their eye. If this price crash go last, dem need to address things like security, forex wahala, and all those things wey dey disturb farmers. Ordinary Naija person just dey try find better way to cook soup without emptying their wallet. Everybody wan chop and still get change to buy suya later.
Mehn, if government fit help dem farmers, we go fit chop better food without headache. But until den, we go dey follow this price story as e dey unfold, make we see wetin go happen next.
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