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The National Bureau of Statistics says prices of beans, garri, tomatoes, beef, rice, and other food items witnessed a slight decrease in price in October 2025.

The NBS said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for October 2025 released in Abuja on Friday.

The report said that the average price of 1kg of brown beans decreased by 37.09 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N2,798.50 recorded in October 2024 to N1,760.53 in October 2025.

“On a month-on-month basis, the beans also decreased by 1.74 per cent from the N1,815.76 in September 2025.”

Similarly, the report said that the average price of 1kg of white garri decreased by 29.33 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N1,198.05 in October 2024 to N846.69 in October 2025.

“On a month-on-month basis, the price also fell by 2.88 per cent from the N871.78 recorded in September 2025.”

It also showed the average price of 1kg tomatoes decreased by 13.43 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N1,465.99 in October 2024 to N1,269.17 in October 2025.

“ Also on a month-on-month basis, the price decreased by 0.83 per cent from the N1,279.84 recorded in September 2025.”

The report said that the average price of 1kg of local rice decreased by 2.01 per cent from N1,944.64 recorded in October 2024 to N1,913.78 in October 2025.

“On a month-on-month basis, 1kg of local rice decreased by 1.59 per cent in October from the N1,952.94 recorded in September 2025.”

However, the average price of 1kg of onion bulb increased by 4.66 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N1,251.52 recorded in October 2024 to N1,368.32 in October 2025.

“On a month-on-month basis, it decreased by 9.33 per cent from N1,307.44 recorded in September 2025.”

Also the average price of 1kg of boneless beef increased by 16.93 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N5,858.58 in October 2024 to N6,850.51 in October 2025.

“On a month-on-month basis, the price also increased by 0.16 per cent from the N6,861.25 recorded in September 2025.”

On state profile analysis, the report showed that in October 2025, the highest average price of 1kg of brown beans was recorded in Imo at N2,174.09 while the lowest was recorded in Yobe at N1,263.68.

It said that Bayelsa recorded the highest average price of 1kg of white garri at N1,165.3 while the lowest was in Plateau at N490.1

According to the report, Ebonyi recorded the highest average price of 1kg of Tomato at N2,148.04, while the lowest was reported in Plateau at N687.09.

The report said the highest price on 1kg of local rice was recorded in Ogun at N2,163.23, while Yobe recorded the lowest price at N1,523.47.

The NBS said that the highest average price of 1kg Onion bulb was recorded in Abia at N2,353.05 while the lowest price was recorded in Kwara at N833.07.

It said Abia also recorded the highest average price of 1kg of boneless beef at N8,984.43, while Benue recorded the lowest at N5,419.03.

Analysis by zone showed that the average price of 1kg of brown beans was highest in the South-East and South-West at N2,105.94 and N2,081.33, respectively.

“The lowest price was recorded in the North-West at N1,349.23.”

The South-East and South-South recorded the highest average price of 1kg of white garri at N1,066.85 and N980.44, respectively, while the lowest price was in the North-Central at N630.44.

It said the South-East recorded the highest average price of 1kg of tomato at N1,807.92 followed by the South-South at N1,592.89, while the North-West recorded the lowest at N898.21.

The NBS said also that the North-Central and South-West recorded the highest average price of 1kg of local rice at N2,021.70 and N1,966.89, respectively.

“The North-East recorded the lowest average price of 1kg of local rice at N1,803.38.”

The report said that the South-East recorded the highest average price of 1kg of onion bulb at N1,950.88, by the South-South at N1,647.47 while the North-West recorded the lowest price at N997.58.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in September President Bola Tinubu ordered a Federal Executive Council Committee to further crash prices of food items by ensuring the safe passage of products through various routes across the country.

Source: https://punchng.com/prices-of-beans-garri-tomatoes-fall-in-october-nbs

This is very commendable from the FG, meanwhile bitter ones will soon invade this thread with hateful and false narrations

The price of food items really dropped this year. My sympathy goes to those who did beans storage business.

Hope the FFO's how much is , should be happy about this news

Tinubu is really working

Yet hunger persists.

Price of cooking oil is still very high.

Pepper has risen again

I notice that a lot of people went into cassava farming this year, probably with the hope that the market price would still be as high as it was last year.

Unfortunately as of today, cassava has dropped down below 50%. The price of 1 bag of garri last year will buy almost 3 bags right now.

Let's consider this. Nigerians engage in businesses that defy logical explanation. Why is hoarding, a deliberate attempt to manipulate prices artificially, even a business in the first place? Hoarding needlessly creates scarcity so that prices can rise. The true economic value of perishable products is not known and people are forced to pay through the nose for items that would have been far cheaper if the normal equilibrium of demand and supply is maintained.

I have no sympathies for anyone who has lost money doing produce business. They are the reason why Nigerians have suffered over the years. There is no reason why local rice shot up in price the way it did. The activities of greedy Nigerians pushed up the prices.

I pray that Dangote takes an interest in the rice value chain soon. Make everybody get sense by force.

On paper or in real life ? cos i don`t understand

richiemcgold:
A lot of people went into cassava farming this year, thinking the market price would still be as high as it was last year. Unfortunately as of today, cassava has dropped down below 50%.

They should bear with us. When dem dey sell for high, they no tell anybody

Yinmu..yet a bag of rice is still over 50k

femi4:
Yinmu..yet a bag of rice is still over 50k

You can plant and sell yours for 10 naira.

To be sincere, the price as dropped compared to the price arround May or so..

I believe if FG stop showing support for Bandit, prove will drop more

ussv:
On paper or in real life ? cos i don`t understand

This thread is not for mummy's boys , but for serious men and women....

Food prices has drastically fallen this year.
A mudu of gari here is 400 naira
Local rice is 1100.

The price of petrol is also reducing. Thanks to Dangote refinery.

But God has the ultimate praise.

Are we in October??
Oga gan o

Okay they should continue falling this December and beyond o

Very true and commendable.

Alliswell248:
You can plant and sell yours for 10 naira.

Some people can never appreciate anything progressive about Nigeria. Some done really give up for naija matters 🤣

richiemcgold:
I notice that a lot of people went into cassava farming this year, thinking the market price would still be as high as it was last year.

Unfortunately as of today, cassava has dropped down below 50%. The price of 1 bag of garri last year will buy almost 3 bags right now.

I'm one of those that went into the business, well I'm harvesting by January

ussv:
On paper or in real life ? cos i don`t understand

When last you go market?

Very welcome news.. Good to see foodstuffs prices going down.🙏

Godfullsam:
The price of food items really dropped this year. My sympathy goes to those who did beans storage business.

I tell you bro. My neighbor into rice farming informed me his colleagues that hoarded rice and beans earlier this year suffered great losses.. The huge millions they borrowed to hoard items all lost.

This reminds me of the last time I went to the market with my Obidient neighbour
I was shocked how everyone was beckoning on him like he’s the only customer in the market
It was later I got to know he buys all his items at 2024 prices, he doesn’t accept any price reductions because he doesn’t want to accept that prices are coming down Omo I shock!

adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/prices-of-beans-garri-tomatoes-fall-in-october-nbs

Tinubu is doing well.
.Tinubu till 2031 as president

kanu as prisoner for life

adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/prices-of-beans-garri-tomatoes-fall-in-october-nbs

Tinubu is doing well.
. Tinubu till 2031 as president

kanu as prisoner for life

Na fuel price causes





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