March Food Price Alert: Local Rice Up 20%, Beans and Eggs Surge

March 2026 saw sharp increases in staple food prices, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. A 50kg bag of local rice jumped 20.5% to ₦112,000, while imported rice rose 3.1% to ₦133,975. Yet market checks show some local short-grain bags still trade around ₦60,000. Other essentials climbed as well. A crate of 30 eggs went up 2%. Brown beans reached ₦1,325.85 per kilo, white garri hit ₦801.54, onions rose to ₦1,153.14, and fresh ginger stood at ₦5,541.25 per kilo. Prices varied by state. Taraba recorded the highest egg crate price at ₦6,999, with Niger at the lowest of ₦5,610.04. Oyo topped beans at ₦1,937.20/kg; Taraba had the cheapest at ₦745. Abia led on garri and onion costs, while Plateau and Kwara posted the lowest figures respectively.

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