Fuel Scarcity Food prices jack up in Warri
According to a NAN survey on Sunday, May 24, in the popular Igbudu
Market, the price increase affects Rice, Beans, Yam, Garri, Onions and
Groundnut oil.
Source:Dimeji Akinloye:www.pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho, www.econsforumnews.blospot.com
Report says prices of stable food stuff have increased in Warri, Delta state commercial city, NAN reports
According
to a NAN survey on Sunday, May 24, in the popular Igbudu Market, the
price increase affects Rice, Beans, Yam, Garri, Onions and Groundnut
oil.
The Chairman of Onion Unit in Igbudu Market, Alhaji Kasimu Haruna, said the price for a bag of onion has risen from N8,000 it was sold in April to N9,000.
He attributed the increase to the high cost of transporting the commodity from the northern part of the country to the city.
He
said that the increase in cost of transportation is as a result of fuel
scarcity in the country in addition to the scarcity of the commodity.
He said: “the cost of a bag of onions together with the cost of transporting it from Sokoto to Warri is now about N7, 000.
“There
are no fresh onions now; the ones we are selling are from the storage
we made last year and the lower the supplies the higher the prices.
“So between now and the harvest season, the price will continue to be on the increase.”
He
appealed to the Federal Government to solve the problem of fuel
scarcity to reduce the cost of transporting food stuff from the northern
part of the country.
A rice dealer, Aghogho Abalu,
said that the prices of a 50 kilogramme bag of Mama Gold, Mama Africa
and Ade Rice brands of rice, has increased to N10,000, N8,500 and N8,200
respectively.
She said that in April, the prices for a 50 kilogramme bag of the brands were N9,500, N8,200 and N7,800 respectively.
A beans seller Esther Azubuike, said that a big bag of white beans formerly sold for N12, 000 is now N13,000.
Azubike
said the selling price of the commodity increased because the suppliers
increased the cost price and blamed it on cost of transportation.
The
survey revealed that a standard measure of garri now sells for N350 as
against N300 it sold in April while the price of three litres of Turkey
rose from N1,000 to N1,100.
Another seller said that the prices of baskets of tomatoes ranged between N2,500 and N5,300 depending on the sizes.
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