The prices of some
essential commodities such as sugar and cooking oil have shot up in
Kano, a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria has shown.
The survey at
various markets in the metropolis on Wednesday, showed that the price
of sugar and cooking oil recorded significant increases over the past
three months.
A bag of Dangote
sugar, which sold for N8,500 few months ago, costs N11, 500, while a
bag of BUA sugar sells for N11,000 as against N8,000.
The price of a
20-litre container of groundnut oil, increased to N6,500 from N5,500,
just as a 25-litre jerrycan of palm oil shot up to N5,500 from the
initial N3,700.
