The management of Mile 12 Market in Lagos on Wednesday said that the crisis and curfew imposed on some parts of the north had led to higher prices of food items.

Alhaji Shehu Usman, Financial Secretary of the committee, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that only few articulated vehicles had arrived in the market since curfew was announced on Monday.

He said that the curfew had restricted movement of trucks in the north from where food items were brought to Lagos as many of these articulated vehicles preferred night journeys.

“The truck owners have lost a lot of revenue because goods are stuck in the trucks bound for the southern part of the country.

“We all know that the food items are perishable items.

“Foods items in the market are those that were brought in by trucks that were already on their way to the south before the curfew was announced.

“This is the reason prices of food items have already soared by more than 50 per cent,” Usman said.

He said that the market leaders had begun talks with the government in the affected states.

“We want them to allow these trucks to bring food items down to the south because if this is not done, it will affect consumers as the Easter celebration approaches,” Usman said.

A check by NAN at the Mile 12 Market showed that a basket of tomato or pepper, which sold for between N4000 and N6000 last week, now sells for N10000.

At the Oyingbo, Mushin and Apongbon markets, a tuber of yam, which was sold for between N250, is now N500.

A sack of onion is now N9000 from N7000 last week.

NAN reports that Mile 12 Market in Lagos is the first destination of most food items coming from the north.  (NAN)

Abu-Maryam:

.The management of Mile 12 Market in Lagos on Wednesday said that the crisis and curfew imposed on some parts of the north had led to higher prices of food items.

Alhaji Shehu Usman, Financial Secretary of the committee, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that only few articulated vehicles had arrived in the market since curfew was announced on Monday.

He said that the curfew had restricted movement of trucks in the north from where food items were brought to Lagos as many of these articulated vehicles preferred night journeys.

“The truck owners have lost a lot of revenue because goods are stuck in the trucks bound for the southern part of the country.

“We all know that the food items are perishable items.

“Foods items in the market are those that were brought in by trucks that were already on their way to the south before the curfew was announced.

“This is the reason prices of food items have already soared by more than 50 per cent,” Usman said.

He said that the market leaders had begun talks with the government in the affected states.

“We want them to allow these trucks to bring food items down to the south because if this is not done, it will affect consumers as the Easter celebration approaches,” Usman said.

A check by NAN at the Mile 12 Market showed that a basket of tomato or pepper, which sold for between N4000 and N6000 last week, now sells for N10000.

At the Oyingbo, Mushin and Apongbon markets, a tuber of yam, which was sold for between N250, is now N500.

A sack of onion is now N9000 from N7000 last week.

NAN reports that Mile 12 Market in Lagos is the first destination of most food items coming from the north. (NAN)

Abu-Maryam:

This shows how we need each other

Abu-Maryam:

This shows how we need each other

EzeUche__:

I don't need beef. Frankly, most Igbos can't even eat beef this weekend.  

The other food we produce locally.

alj harem:

like onions, tomatoes, pepper, corn, millet, etc

ekt_bear:

Plus. . . let's not get ahead of ourselves. Most of the middle belt voted for PDP.

That is where most of the food comes from, and where much more can be grown.

Abu-Maryam:

Except Yam, all are coming frm far north, tomato, onion,cattle etc

ekt_bear:

Tomato we can grow in the south. Onion too.

Cattle, we'll just bring in our own Fulani cattle herders. In fact, they are many in the middle belt and south already. Or used the Zimbabwe dairy farmers that Kwara has to provide us beef.

Abu-Maryam:

most of crops from middle belt are tubes and tubers, the environ is acidic. unlike far north where most of the land is alkaline suitable for arable crops, meaning if North secede you have to buy those food items in an exorbitant price, may be you will give 5 barelsof oil to one bulb of tomato, lol!!! is very dangerous,

Ileke-IdI:

@Poster

You can come here and list how the chaos in the North is affecting prices in the south. Only lil minds like yourself will never understand that life is priceless.

Let the prices rice, as long as we still live to see another day.

SMH!

Alj Uche:

ileke idi

you have started supporting igbos now abi

i hope it is not ezeuche that has changed your mind because he as not changed himself

Growing Tomatoes in Nigeria
Tomato can be grown anywhere in southern Nigeria, but the best area is the
Savannah zone because some diseases of tomatoes are less common in the
Savannah.

Expected yield
20-30 tons/ha can be obtained in the rain forest zone but in the savannah, a
yield of 40 tons/ha is attainable.

ekt_bear:

http://www.ics-nigeria.info/publications_files/tamatoes_01.pdf

Tomatoes can be grown in the south. Nobody should feel blackmailed because of tomatoes