Tag: FOOD STUFF

Nigeria ranked 2nd poorest in food affordability

Aminu Imam

A new report by the Institute of Development Studies, a UK-based think tank, has placed Nigeria as the second poorest country in the world in terms of food affordability. The report, which was compiled through a publicly available global cost-of-living database, Numbeo, was used in creating a cost of food basics analysis that compares the monthly minimum recommended spend on food per adult and monthly average wage in 107 countries across the world. The Cost of Food Basics found that, more than one year since the outbreak of COVID-19, there…

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Onion marketers stop supply to entire South from today – Association

Aminu Imam

The Association of Onions Producers, Processors and Marketers of Nigeria, (OPMAN), has threatened to stop the supplying of onions to the entire southern part of Nigeria unless certain conditions laid down by the association are met. The association disclosed that about N4.5 billion worth of onions and other properties were destroyed by suspected hoodlums across the Southern States in the last few months, in addition to the loss of lives of members of the association without any compensation. The National President of the association, Alhaji Aliyu Isa, disclosed this while…

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Prices of major foodstuffs in South-West markets increase by 100 percent

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Prices of some major foodstuffs have gone up by 100 per cent in South West markets, with stakeholders expressing concern over the relentless increment, a survey has shown. Stakeholders in the zone have also called on government to urgently address the situation before things get out of hand. Most of the respondents who spoke attributed the astronomical increase in the prices of foodstuffs to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Others however, attributed the trend to increase in transport fares, caused by the recent increase in petrol price and the…

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