Food security: No hope in sight yet

as inflation hovers around 19% From 18.55 per cent in December 2016, Nigeria's rising inflation got worse in January 2017, increasing to 18.72 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday. According to the Bureau, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation increased by 18.72 per cent (year-on-year) in January 2017, 0.17 percentage points higher from the rate recorded in December; and increases were recorded in all divisions that yield the Headline Index. The report, released by the NBS on Wednesday, stated that communication and restaurants...The post Food security: No hope in sight yet appeared first on New Telegraph Nigerian Newspaper.
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