Nigeria is one of the biggest economies in west Africa.
The country’s inflation rate has seen a little rise.
The inflation rate for Nigeria rose from 21.82 % in January 2023 to 21.91 per cent which is 0.09 per cent. Ghana’s inflation rate according to the world’s largest financial company is capped at 54.1%.
Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics released a report titled ‘Consumer Price Index (February 2023)’. In the report the percentage change in the average Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the 12 months period ending February 2023 over the average of the CPI for the previous 12 months period was 19.87 per cent, showing a 3.15 per cent points increase compared to 16.73 per cent recorded in February 2022.
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“The February 2023 inflation rate showed an increase of 0.09 percent points when compared to that of January 2023 headline inflation rate.
“Similarly, on a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 6.21 percent points higher compared to the rate recorded in February 2022, which was 15.70 percent.
“This shows that the headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) increased in February 2023 when compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e., February 2022).
“On a month-on-month basis, the percentage change in the all-items index in February 2023 was 1.71 percent , which was 0.16 percent points lower than the rate recorded in January 2023 (1.87 percent).”
The NBS also disclosed that food inflation rate in February 2023 was 24.35 percent on a year-on-year basis, representing a 7.24 percent points increase compared to the 17.11 percent recorded in February 2022
The rise in food inflation is said to be caused by increases in prices of oil and fat, bread and cereals, potatoes, yam and other tubers, fish, fruits, meat, vegetable, and food product. Kwara, Imo, and Lagos residents paid more for food in the period under review.
The report added;
“On a month-on-month basis, the food inflation rate in February 2023 was 1.90 percent, indicating a 0.18 percent points decrease compared to the rate recorded in January 2023 (2.08 percent).”