The average price of 1kg of local parboiled rice surged the most in the South-South and South-West regions, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
According to the NBS data, South-South recorded the highest average price of 1kg locally parboiled rice which sells for N545.
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
