Kogi, Edo and Cross River have been pinpointed as three states with the highest prices of food in Nigeria in June 2024.
This was contained in the latest inflation report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released on Monday.
On a state-by-state analysis, food inflation on a Year-on-Year basis was highest in Edo (47.34%), Kogi (46.37%), and Cross River (45.28%).
Meanwhile, Nasarawa (34.31%), Bauchi (34.78%), and Adamawa (35.96%) recorded the slowest rise in food inflation on a Year-on-Year basis.
On a Month-on-Month basis, however, June 2024 food inflation was highest in Yobe (4.75%), Adamawa (4.74%), and Taraba (4.12%).
In contrast, Nasarawa (0.14%), Kano (0.96%), and Lagos (1.25%) recorded the slowest rise in food inflation on a Month-on-Month basis.
This comes as Nigeria’s food inflation rose for the 18th consecutive month to 40.87% in June 2024.
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate also soared to 34.19% in June 2024.
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