Badagry residents complain of soar in prices of food items, others
markets in the Badagry area of Lagos State, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The rising costs of the commodities especially tomatoes, peppers and onions were attributed to the high costs of transportation and current fuel scarcity.
In Agbalata Market, a basket of tomatoes formerly sold at N3, 000 now sells for N5, 500.
Similarly, a bag of onion which sold for between N4, 000 and N5, 000, now sells for between N7, 000 and N8, 000.
In Ajara New Market, a basket of pepper formerly sold for between N 1, 500 and N2,500 now sells for N4,000.
Musa Manaseh, a meat-seller at the Agbalata Market, told NAN that the high cost of meat was due to increase in transportation fare.
“Prices of the meat have gone up because of the high demand for them and the high cost of transportation from Northern Nigeria.
“The truth of the matter is that the prices will remain like this until things stabilise,’’ he said.
Mrs Helen Maduike, a house wife, said that the hike in food prices was alarming.
“Increase in the prices of food items is getting worse by the day and that should not be.
“The government’s agency in charge of price regulation should do something about this,” she said.
NAN also reports that prices of other food items such as yams, garri and sweet potatoes had also soared.
