Prices of some foodstuffs, particularly tomatoes, palm oil and cassava flakes, popularly known as garri, have continued to increase in Enugu’s major markets, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
A NAN correspondent, who conducted a market survey in Enugu on Monday, reports that the prices of foodstuffs increased significantly between April and May.
NAN reports that a big basket of tomatoes now sells for between N55,000 and N60,000 in May as against between N36,000 and N45,000 sold in April.
A visit to some markets in the state capital showed that only four balls of tomatoes go for N400 as against the previous price of N200 while a half of 4.5-litre paint bucket of tomatoes now goes for N3,000.
Miss Ogechukwu Uwakwe, a tomato seller at Garki Market, said that due to the high price of the produce, she could not buy a full basket but rather shared with another tomato buyer to be able to have something to sell in her shop.
