Prices of food items in Bauchi State have
continued to go down after months of soaring
food prices.

Checks in some of the major markets in the
state revealed that prices of food items
have reduced by about 50 percent.

According to a grain seller at Muda Lawal
Market, Bauchi, Malam Adamu Kafin
Maigari, a bag of maize which few months
ago was going for N18,000 now sells for
N9,000 while local rice that used to cost
N35,000 is now being sold at N20,000.

He also said that a bag of Beans is now sold
at N16,000 from its previous price of
N25,000, while a bag of millet and white rice
popularly called Shinkafar Tuwo, now cost
N9,000 and N20,000 respectively from their
previous prices of N15,000 and N37,000.

He attributed the crash in prices to the
bumper harvest recorded in the country
following the massive engagement in farming
by many people.

Kafin Maigari, however, expressed concern
with the high cost of foreign rice which is
still sold at N18,500 per bag.

The grain seller, therefore, called on the
federal government to address the shortage
of foreign currencies particularly the dollar,
to enable importers conduct their legal
businesses without hitches.

While commenting on the development, the
chairman, Traders and Artisans Association,
Muda Lawal Market Bauchi, Alhaji Bala Mai
Kaji, thanked Allah for bringing down prices
of food items due to bumper harvest in this
year’s farming season.

Mai Kaji called on traders, particularly grain
sellers in the state, to desist from hoarding.
He warned that the association plans to come
up with new measures to check the trend.

The chairman said that the association has
already received reports that traders from
some neighbouring countries are trooping into
Bauchi and other northeastern states to buy
food items in large quantities for onward
delivery to their respective countries.

He, therefore, called on the relevant
authorities to take measures to check the
influx of foreign traders who buy food items
and take to their respective countries.






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