Food prices rise in Niger markets

Checks by Daily Trust on Sunday at Lapai, Wushishi, Zungeru, Lemu, Bida and Manigi weekly markets revealed a significant rise in the prices of various food items.

At Zungeru and Wushishi markets in Wushishi LGA of Niger State, traders told our correspondent that a bag of rice paddy currently goes for between N23,000 and N26,000.

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Checks by our correspondent at weekly markets in Manigi, Mashegu LGA, Lapai, Bida as well as Lemu revealed that as of the last market days, a bag of soya beans was sold between N25,000 and N27,000 and white maize was between N22,000 and N24,000 per bag while red maize was sold between N26,000 and N27,000.

Also, a bag of white beans was between N40,000 and N42,000; red beans was sold between N41,000 and N43,000; millet was sold between N23,000 and N25,000, groundnut was between N12,000 and N13,000 per bag while a bag of guinea corn was between N26,000 and 28,000 respectively.