Despite prices of major food items declining, the average prices of beans, eggs and rice rose by 169 percent in August, the most on record, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows.
These three food items showed the highest notable yearly increase as prices of beans rose 271.55 per
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Feyishola Jaiyesimi
Feyishola Jaiyesimi covers agriculture and environment trends at BusinessDay, Nigeria’s leading daily newspaper focused on economy and finance. Her stories draw on investigative journalism, and she has been selected for professional training by the US Embassy, Lagos, and Dataphyte. Feyishola holds a bachelor’s degree in Zoology and Environmental Biology from Ekiti State University.
