The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said that prices of selected food items increased in September.
This is according to the NBS Selected Food Prices Watch Report for September 2022 released in Abuja on Friday.
The report said that the average price of 1kg of Tomato on a year-on-year basis, increased by 30.06 per cent, from N342.25 recorded in September 2021 to N445.12 in September 2022.
“While on a month-on-month basis, 1kg of tomato increased to N445.12 in September 2022 from N430.93 recorded in August 2022, indicating a 3.29 per cent increase.”
