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In Nigeria, the price of rice has always followed an upward trend — especially during the Christmas season.

Every year, as demand increases during the festive period, the price of a bag of rice rises sharply. What many Nigerians see each December is not sudden; it’s part of a long-standing pattern driven by high demand, inflation, transport costs, and policy shifts.
Here’s a simple breakdown of how the price of a 50kg bag of rice has increased over the years:
2015 — ~₦10,000
2016 — ~₦13,000
2017 — ~₦16,000
2018 — ~₦18,500
2019 — ~₦19,500
2020 — ~₦26,000
2021 — ~₦30,000
2022 — ~₦35,000
2023 — ~₦50,000
2024 — ~₦85,000–₦120,000
2025 — ~₦60,000– 80,000

But a closer look at the price trend shows that in this year (2025), the price went down.

This hasn't happened in a long long time.

Is this Tinubu effect or what?

Rice is 54000 here. Don't know about other places sha

APC is a wicked political party

samstandard:
In Nigeria, the price of rice has always followed an upward trend — especially during the Christmas season.

Every year, as demand increases during the festive period, the price of a bag of rice rises sharply. What many Nigerians see each December is not sudden; it’s part of a long-standing pattern driven by high demand, inflation, transport costs, and policy shifts.
Here’s a simple breakdown of how the price of a 50kg bag of rice has increased over the years:
2015 — ~₦10,000
2016 — ~₦13,000
2017 — ~₦16,000
2018 — ~₦18,500
2019 — ~₦19,500
2020 — ~₦26,000
2021 — ~₦30,000
2022 — ~₦35,000
2023 — ~₦50,000
2024 — ~₦85,000–₦120,000
2025 — ~₦60,000– 80,000

But a closer look at the price trend shows that in this year (2025), the price went down.

This hasn't happened in a long long time.

Is this Tinubu effect or what?

Any John Doe can throw open the borders and grant waivers to cronies to import cheap rice from Thailand. The harder task would have been to to come up with policies that would encourage indigenous rice production. He simply chose the easy and lazy approach, just as they did with security by negotiating with bandits.

samstandard:
In Nigeria, the price of rice has always followed an upward trend — especially during the Christmas season.

Every year, as demand increases during the festive period, the price of a bag of rice rises sharply. What many Nigerians see each December is not sudden; it’s part of a long-standing pattern driven by high demand, inflation, transport costs, and policy shifts.
Here’s a simple breakdown of how the price of a 50kg bag of rice has increased over the years:
2015 — ~₦10,000
2016 — ~₦13,000
2017 — ~₦16,000
2018 — ~₦18,500
2019 — ~₦19,500
2020 — ~₦26,000
2021 — ~₦30,000
2022 — ~₦35,000
2023 — ~₦50,000
2024 — ~₦85,000–₦120,000
2025 — ~₦60,000– 80,000

But a closer look at the price trend shows that in this year (2025), the price went down.

This hasn't happened in a long long time.

Is this Tinubu effect or what?

2025 is 50K, food stuffs is dead cheap now. The onions I got for 1K yesterday was worth 5K last year same period. I live in Jos Plateau State.

samstandard:
In Nigeria, the price of rice has always followed an upward trend — especially during the Christmas season.

Every year, as demand increases during the festive period, the price of a bag of rice rises sharply. What many Nigerians see each December is not sudden; it’s part of a long-standing pattern driven by high demand, inflation, transport costs, and policy shifts.
Here’s a simple breakdown of how the price of a 50kg bag of rice has increased over the years:
2015 — ~₦10,000
2016 — ~₦13,000
2017 — ~₦16,000
2018 — ~₦18,500
2019 — ~₦19,500
2020 — ~₦26,000
2021 — ~₦30,000
2022 — ~₦35,000
2023 — ~₦50,000
2024 — ~₦85,000–₦120,000
2025 — ~₦60,000– 80,000

But a closer look at the price trend shows that in this year (2025), the price went down.

This hasn't happened in a long long time.

Is this Tinubu effect or what?

Except you’re buying at an expensive elite market, there is no N80k rice again. A bag of rice is generally at an average cost of N55k today.

seunmsg:
Except you’re buying at an expensive elite market, there is no N80k rice again. A bag of rice is generally at an average cost of N55k today.

And this is how they go about lying to defend rubbish
Which brand of rice is 55k? Big bull? Mango? Caprice? Mama africa? Which one exactly

Those saying things have come down are either ignorant or evil

Tinubu took rice to over 100k from 50k and now 85k. What exactly is the cumulative effect of his policy on food affordability?

Very self-centered APC government

seunmsg:
Except you’re buying at an expensive elite market, there is no N80k rice again. A bag of rice is generally at an average cost of N55k today.

Even if it's 40k now, is it the price Tinubu met it, God will surely serve you people supporting these with the same coin. He scattered everything and now removing Kobo from prices of things he met way lower and you people are claiming it's Tinubu effect, effect ko, effort ni

I just bought 4 bags of rice in Osogbo for 50k each.

One 50kg bag is 38k and 25kg is 20k in Onitsha. It's Tomato rice(local).

Mabuggi88:
Even if it's 40k now, is it the price Tinubu met it, God will surely serve you people supporting these with the same coin. He scattered everything and now removing Kobo from prices of things he met way lower and you people are claiming it's Tinubu effect, effect ko, effort ni

Read the OP and stop being lazy. The price of an average bag of rice when Tinubu took over is there. Now, do the comparison yourself and tell us your observation.

Zionmdde:
And this is how they go about lying to defend rubbish
Which brand of rice is 55k? Big bull? Mango? Caprice? Mama africa? Which one exactly

Those saying things have come down are either ignorant or evil

Tinubu took rice to over 100k from 50k and now 85k. What exactly is the cumulative effect of his policy on food affordability?

Oops! It’s no longer about the average price of rice that ordinary Nigerians can afford but about Mango, Apple, and Pineapple rice, right? Dude, just listen to yourself. Must you be sad over everything?

A bag of rice was N50 averagely in 2023 when Tinubu took over. Minimum wage was N30,000 at that time. Today, a bag of rice is averagely N55k irrespective of Mango, Apple and Peanut rice despite minimum wage going up to N70,000. You should commend the government and not be sad. Stop getting sad over positive news, it won’t make Peter Obi president in 2027.

Same product I bought 80k last year I got it 55k this year.

Goodluck handed over a 10k per bag of 50kilo rice
Buhari tripled the price (3x)
Tinubu took it to 8x
Salaries are yet to increase 3x much less 8x

seunmsg:
Oops! It’s no longer about the average price of rice that ordinary Nigerians can afford but about Mango, Apple, and Pineapple rice, right? Dude, just listen to yourself. Must you be sad over everything?

A bag of rice was N50 averagely in 2023 when Tinubu took over. Minimum wage was N30,000 at that time. Today, a bag of rice is averagely N55k irrespective of Mango, Apple and Peanut rice despite minimum wage going up to N70,000. You should commend the government and not be sad. Stop getting sad over positive news, it won’t make Peter Obi president in 2027.

Answer the first question, what brand of rice is 55k?

So according to you standard of living is better today than when tinubu took over?
But the tinubu in his speeches acknowledges thar Nigerians are going through pains and hard times because of his policies.
So who should we believe, tinubu or his asslickers.

Point of correction, am not very passionate about who is the president, and not loyal to any politician the way you guys asslick your political gods

How does my post broke Nairaland rule.

It is either the banning bot is malfunctioning or the moderator has targeted some of us for ban.


Buhari that chooses your part ended up with anchor borrowers money and printing of 20trillion out of way and mean cap to give to your brothers up north but they squandered it by marrying many wives and used the remaining to buy guns, the consequence of which we suffer today through insecurity and inflation

AMINDA:
Any John Doe can throw open the borders and grant waivers to cronies to import cheap rice from Thailand. The harder task would have been to to come up with policies that would encourage indigenous rice production. He simply chose the easy and lazy approach, just as they did with security by negotiating with bandits.

This is no longer politics, but hatred and mischief. At the beginning of his administration, President Tinubu encouraged local production of rice and other staple foods. What did local farmers do? They hoarded their products and hiked prices, making Nigerians pay through the nose. The government attempted to control prices, but blackmailers took to social media and accused the government of stifling farmers from a particular region.
I live in Abuja, and around August 2024, Consumer Protection Commission officials visited Sahad Stores and Wuse Market in an attempt to regulate prices. They were fiercely criticised, and had to shelve the idea, allowing food prices to continue skyrocketing. The government eventually partially opened some borders to import food at cheaper prices.
If it is it you, what would you have done differently? You should also put insecurities into your options.

Where I dey buy rice from, it’s about 35k per bag! My choice precisely..

But I’ll be the one transport it home

Zionmdde:
And this is how they go about lying to defend rubbish
Which brand of rice is 55k? Big bull? Mango? Caprice? Mama africa? Which one exactly

Those saying things have come down are either ignorant or evil

Tinubu took rice to over 100k from 50k and now 85k. What exactly is the cumulative effect of his policy on food affordability?

Price of rice was above 60k in 2023 when Tinubu became president, today the average price is 50k, you can even get quality foreign rice in some part of Lagos at 47k but you are here painting a different picture.

If your idea is for Nigerians to suffer so people can consider your Peter Obi, I assure you that God will reject it

Where are the rice pyramids during buhari time.

Maybe kimono don share am out to his minions.

But apc na cruise party sha 😂😂😂😂😅

ChiefOloye:
This is no longer politics, but hatred and mischief. At the beginning of his administration, President Tinubu encouraged local production of rice and other staple foods. What did local farmers do? They hoarded their products and hiked prices, making Nigerians pay through the nose. The government attempted to control prices, but blackmailers took to social media and accused the government of stifling farmers from a particular region.
I live in Abuja, and around August 2024, Consumer Protection Commission officials visited Sahad Stores and Wuse Market in an attempt to regulate prices. They were fiercely criticised, and had to shelve the idea, allowing food prices to continue skyrocketing. The government eventually partially opened some borders to import food at cheaper prices.
If it is it you, what would you have done differently? You should also put insecurities into your options.

Dishonesty! You removed subsidy and devalued the currency at the same time, thereby skyrocketing the prices of all goods and services, including transportation costs and costs of farming inputs. But somehow, you expected farmers and supermarket owners to maintain similar prices prior to your ill-timed policies. Even construction costs for already awarded road projects increased and they had to undergo contract variation. The Thailand and U.S rice he is importing today are only cheaper because of a deliberate policy of support and subsidies from their nation's government over a long period of time. All investors who invested in rice mills are counting their losses. What Nigerian sector is currently doing well today with government support and what is our competitive export advantage? Even Dangote Refinery is being sabotaged with fuel imports due to their vested interests in Malta Refineries. These importation policies are good for short-term optics but it will cost us in the long-run, just like the policy of negotiating with bandits up North to gloat about "peace" while the "repentant" bandits migrate down South.

From 2020 the price of rice shot up over 100 percent and the author of this write up wants Nigerians to believe the president is doing a good job.

Ttalk:
Price of rice was above 60k in 2023 when Tinubu became president, today the average price is 50k, you can even get quality foreign rice in some part of Lagos at 47k but you are here painting a different picture.

If your idea is for Nigerians to suffer so people can consider your Peter Obi, I assure you that God will reject it

What brand of rice is 50k? That's not a tough question is it?

But tinubu has repeatedly mentioned Nigerians are suffering and are in pains because of his policies. So do we believe tinubu or do we believe his asslickers?

Point of correction, I owe no loyalty to any politician and am not very passionate about who becomes the president, I guess that's the difference between and you tinubu worshippers

seunmsg:
Oops! It’s no longer about the average price of rice that ordinary Nigerians can afford but about Mango, Apple, and Pineapple rice, right? Dude, just listen to yourself. Must you be sad over everything?

A bag of rice was N50 averagely in 2023 when Tinubu took over. Minimum wage was N30,000 at that time. Today, a bag of rice is averagely N55k irrespective of Mango, Apple and Peanut rice despite minimum wage going up to N70,000. You should commend the government and not be sad. Stop getting sad over positive news, it won’t make Peter Obi president in 2027.

You're either ignorant or pretentious, else you would have known that the value (purchasing power) of 30,000 naira minimum wage in 2023 is almost 4 times bigger than the 70,000 naira minimum wage today.

Yankee101:
Goodluck handed over a 10k per bag of 50kilo rice
Buhari tripled the price (3x)
Tinubu took it to 8x
Salaries are yet to increase 3x much less 8x

Minimum wage was 18k then. Minimum wage is 70k now bro.

Mabuggi88:
Even if it's 40k now, is it the price Tinubu met it, God will surely serve you people supporting these with the same coin. He scattered everything and now removing Kobo from prices of things he met way lower and you people are claiming it's Tinubu effect, effect ko, effort ni

Please how much was rice before pdp took over government?

Rice war….on a Sunday morning 😂

AbosedeFalade:
You're either ignorant or pretentious, else you would have known that the value (purchasing power) of 30,000 naira minimum wage in 2023 is almost 4 times bigger than the 70,000 naira minimum wage today.

lol. The more reason why rice should be way more expensive today than in 2023 but that is not the case. You should be grateful to thief that worked all round the clock to keep food inflation down.

seunmsg:
lol. The more reason why rice should be way more expensive today than in 2023 but that is not the case. You should be grateful to thief that worked all round the clock to keep food inflation down.

The fact is that there's no difference between PBAT administration to that of the late PMB. Nigerians have every reason to be grateful to the PDP era, not the APC maladministration.