The headline inflation rate increased to 34.19% in the month of June, a report by the National Bureau of Statistics has shown.
The report added that food inflation also increased to 40.87 per cent on a year-on-year basis, which was 15.62% points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2023 (25.25%).
It stated that the rise in food inflation was caused by increases in prices of millet whole grain, garri, guinea corn, etc. (bread and cereals class), yam, water yam, coco yam (potatoes, yam & other tubers class), groundnut oil, palm oil, etc. (oil & fats class) and catfish dried, dried fish-sardine, mudfish (fish class), etc.
“On a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 11.40% points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2023, which was 22.79%. This shows that the headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) increased in the month of June 2024 when compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e. June 2023).
“Furthermore, on a month-on-month basis, the headline inflation rate in June 2024 was 2.31%, which was 0.17% higher than the rate recorded in May 2024 (2.14%),” the report stated.
For food inflation, it said the rate in June 2024 was 2.55% which shows a 0.26% increase compared to the rate recorded in May 2024 (2.28%).
“The rise in food inflation on a month-on-month basis was caused by the rise in the rate of increase in the average prices of groundnut oil, palm oil, etc. (oil & fats class), water yam, coco yam, cassava, etc. (potatoes, yam & other tubers class), tobacco, catfish fresh, croaker, mudfish fresh, snail, etc. (fish class),” it stated.
It stated that all Items inflation rate on a year-on-year basis was highest in Bauchi (43.95%), Kogi (39.91%), and Oyo (39.15%), while Borno (25.90%), Benue (27.52%) and Katsina (29.21%) recorded the slowest rise in headline inflation on a year-on-year basis.
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