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Price of rice hits the roof top in Jos

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November 14, 2022
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Price of rice has gone up in Jos as a 50kg bag of smuggled rice now costs N45,000 up from N35,000 for which it was sold three weeks ago.

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A survey conducted reports that a 50kg bag of locally-parboiled rice now sells for N43,000 up from N28,000 in September.

A bag of local rice containing 80 bowl measures of local rice which was sold at N50,000 at the beginning of the year now sells at N72,000 in Jos.

Mr Austin Chikwujindu, a trader at the Chorbe Market, blamed the price increases on soaring rate of the dollar and recent flooding in parts of the country.

“The price of a 50kg bag of foreign parboiled rice has risen to N45,000 from N35,000 that was obtainable just three weeks ago.

“I believe the rise in dollar rates, high cost of transportation due to fuel scarcity could be the reason for the upward change in price.

“The floods affected many parts of the country, limiting the amount of foods and other commodities that could be moved around.

“From the feelers that we are getting a bag of foreign rice might cost up to N50,000 by December and not just rice, but other food items like groundnut oil, flour, Semovita and others,’’ he said.

A foodstuffs trader at Katako Market, Malam Aliyu Umar, said that 80 bowl measures of local rice which used to sell for N50,000 is now sold at N72, 000 and it may go higher.

Umar also blamed the floods for soaring food prices noting that the floods washed away a lot of rice farms.

According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) the 2022 flood is the worst in a decade.

It destroyed more than 70,000 hectares of farmland, damaged more than 45,000 houses and displaced more than 1.4 million Nigerians, while taking the lives of about 600 persons.

Thousands of hectares of rice farms were reportedly washed away in Jigawa, Kebbi, Kano, Benue, Taraba, Niger, and Kogi, among other states.

NEMA and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) attributed the flood to the release of excess water from Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam which cascaded into Nigeria through River Benue, affecting communities in many states.

Current data from the United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs shows that people affected by widespread flooding across Nigeria has risen to more than 3.2 million.

It reported also that more than 600 fatalities were recorded and 1.4 million people displaced.

It also reported that 4.1 million people would face severe food insecurity with 1.7 million children below the age of five years suffering from acute malnutrition in 2022.

There had been increases also in the prices of maize, groundnut oil, palm oil and Semovita, among others.

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