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About two days ago, I went to the market to purchase some few food items. Na so I say make I buy onions for stew. Bros, the price was alarming. The woman who sells onions told me that four tiny onions go for N500. The onions were as small as Maggi cubes. I looked back, then looked at my left and right sides to be sure that she wasn't speaking to someone else. When I asked her for the price of a sizeable one, she said 2k. I was astonished to my bone marrow. Paying N2,000 for an averaged size onion! Same amount is greater than what I used to prepare a pot of soup in 2018.

What is the cause of this alarming price of onions? Is it an artificial scarcity caused by the Christmas season or a natural disaster like flood, which some persons are attributing as the cause? Are there no sustainable and enduring ways to check this hydra-headed inflation of food items in Nigeria?

Tinubu has weaponized poverty.

Most are fake onions...Gone at those days, when you're slicing onions, it hurts you in the eyes.

Shebi those onions dey come mostly from Niger republic wey dey accuse Nigeria of trying to destabilize it.

Bluntguy:
Shebi those onions dey come mostly from Niger republic wey dey accuse Nigeria of trying to destabilize it.

Bro, is that the cause of the unfortunate increase in prices of onions?

2special:
Most are fake onions...Gone at those days, when you're slicing onions, it hurts you in the eyes.

onions wey dey hurt for eyes kwa. Na that one suppose be the fake onions na.

2special:
Most are fake onions...Gone at those days, when you're slicing onions, it hurts you in the eyes.

Well, I cannot remember the last time I sliced onions with watery eyes. Maybe, it is the breed.

Rapmoney:
Bro, is that the cause of the unfortunate increase in prices of onions?

I think so. Onions began to get costly the moment una president close border with Niger because of the coup in that country.

The south needs to embrace agriculture more....we were able to crash the price of tomato at some point this year because alot of people became tomato farmer. We need to do the same for every farm produce in the value chain

Bluntguy:
I think so. Onions began to get costly the moment una president close border with Niger because of the coup in that country.

That's one thing with the government. They close borders without adequate plans for the consequences. The flood experienced in 2024 is not up to what has been experienced in recent years. That's why I don't even want to believe that it was caused by flooding.

CooldipoMPS:
The south needs to embrace agriculture more....we were able to crash the price of tomato at some point this year because alot of people became tomato farmer. We need to do the same for every farm produce in the value chain

The manpower is there but the capital for mechanized farming is lacking. Wealthy citizens are more concerned about building club houses and hotels for entertainment.

Rapmoney:
The manpower is there but the capital for mechanized farming is lacking. Wealthy citizens are more concerned about building club houses and hotels for entertainment.

i cannot agree more!

Bluntguy:
onions wey dey hurt for eyes kwa. Na that one suppose be the fake onions na.

me don't think so, I grew up to watery eyes while slicing onions.

Malroux:
Tinubu has weaponized poverty.

no wonder people are now killing themselves because of pot of soup

yarimo:
no wonder people are now killing themselves because of pot of soup

Stale and dry.

Malroux:
Stale and dry.

gbam next news 🤣🤣

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[quote author=Malroux post=133417343][/quote]ok next news 🤣🤣

As Southerners no wan come together and face Agriculture squarely, this nonsense will continue.


Soon, Gates will start sending over free seeds and foodstuffs...!

...And you all know what awoof does to lazy morons.

Rapmoney:
What is the cause of this alarming price of onions? Is it an artificial scarcity caused by the Christmas season or a natural disaster like flood, which some persons are attributing as the cause? Are there no sustainable and enduring ways to check this hydra-headed inflation of food items in Nigeria?

Please note that this is a seasonal occurrence.

https://dailytrust.com/onion-hits-n250000-bag-farmers-traders-blame-flooding-inflation/

😂

After reading through all the submissions above, I understand that average Nigerian have amnesia or reading disability.

Onion 🧅 is mainly planted in the core northern region, Maiduguri / Sokoto. This year there was unpredictable rainfall that Sahara desert 🏜️ was flooded. Also, this lead to an incident in Maiduguri which a dam collapsed and crop produce failed massively.

The effects of such in not immediate it is now that it will tell on items like Onion 🧅 which is seasonal planted.

I hope this educate some people.

Too bad onion have no alternative

;Dw

Una go wail tire, on tinubu's manhood we stand till 2047

Good

Below is the one I bought 30k for my mum this morning at deidei Market Abuja.

It's such a horrible thing,onions now gold...

Emilokon!!!




Finally na statistics we go chop

Rapmoney:
About two days ago, I went to the market to purchase some few food items. Na so I say make I buy onions for stew. Bros, the price was alarming. The woman who sells onions told me that four tiny onions go for N500. The onions were as small as Maggi cubes. I looked back, then looked at my left and right sides to be sure that she wasn't speaking to someone else. When I asked her for the price of a sizeable one, she said 2k. I was astonished to my bone marrow. Paying N2,000 for an averaged size onion! Same amount is greater than what I used to prepare a pot of soup in 2018.

What is the cause of this alarming price of onions? Is it an artificial scarcity caused by the Christmas season or a natural disaster like flood, which some persons are attributing as the cause? Are there no sustainable and enduring ways to check this hydra-headed inflation of food items in Nigeria?

I bought onions on Saturday and way billed it to my mum in the east because I reside in the north. Fast forward 72hrs after, my mum is yet to get the goods I sent her. I went back to the park to complain only for the manager to tell me that the goods was missing. He arrogantly asked what I wanted him to do and from a pained heart, I insisted that he pay for the missing goods. He asked me to come back after a month to collect my money else I should do my worst. I am a gentleman by nature, but I lost my cool when I engaged him in a heated argument. I kuku go report am give police. The police gave him until 6pm today to return the onions or face arrest.