Prices of food increased in Nigeria in June – National Bureau of Statistics
Published 22 Jul,2020 via The Nation - The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS ) has said the prices of foods increased in June 2020.
In its report titled : “Selected Food Prices Watch – June 2020,” it said the average price of 1kg of yam tuber increased year-on-year by 37.63 per cent and month- on- month by 5.83 percent to N250.70 in June from N236.90 in May 2020.
In the month under review, NBS said the “average price of 1kg of rice (imported high quality sold loose) increased year-on-year by 35.97 percent and increased month-on-month by 3.57 percent to N479.74 in June from N463.21 in May 2020.”
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