She added, “Imagine returning from the market with food items and checking properly to be sure you didn’t lose money. Meat is no longer pocket-friendly, a crate of egg now sells for N1500.’’Findings by our correspondent showed that the frustrations over the increment in food prices were not restricted to a region. It’s expensive now.’’Also, a fish farmer, Ayo Taiwo, said, “Increase in food prices is making life unbearable for me and many others. In March, the inflation rate rose from 21.79 per cent in February to 22.95 per cent, indicating a 0.82 per cent increase. It further disclosed that border closure, COVID-19 pandemic, naira devaluation, insecurity and unscrupulous activities of middlemen pushed increase in the prices of food.

Source: Punch May 02, 2021 00:33 UTC