Naija Inflation Small Small Drop – NBS
Di National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) don tok say Nigeria headline inflation rate don small small drop go 23.71% for April 2025, from 24.23% wey e bin be for March.
NBS yarn dis tori for Thursday, say dem don release dia consumer price index.
According to wetin NBS talk, di headline inflation for April 2025 reduce by 0.52% compared to March 2025.
"Month by month, headline inflation rate for April 2025 na 1.86%, wey low pass March 2025 rate of 3.90%," NBS yarn.
Dem still add say food inflation rate for April 2025 na 21.36% year-on-year.
Dem talk say di rate drop by 19.27% when you compare am to April 2024 wey bin get 40.53% food inflation.
NBS come explain say di sharp drop for di yearly food inflation na because dem don change di base year wey dem dey use calculate.
But month-by-month, food inflation for April 2025 na 2.06%, wey be 0.12% lower than di 2.18% for March 2025.
Dem say na because price of things like maize flour, wheat, okra dry, yam flour, soya beans, rice, bambara beans, brown beans and others don reduce.
According to di report, for April 2025, food inflation wey rise pass on a yearly level dey for:
- Benue – 51.76%
- Ekiti – 34.05%
- Kebbi – 33.82%
Places wey get di slowest food inflation increase na:
- Ebonyi – 7.19%
- Adamawa – 9.52%
- Ogun – 9.91%
For month-by-month comparison, food inflation wey high pass dey for:
- Benue – 25.59%
- Ekiti – 16.73%
- Yobe – 13.92%
But some states see food prices drop:
- Ebonyi – (-14.43%)
- Kano – (-11.37%)
- Ogun – (-7.06%)
