Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 24.23% in March 2025, according to the official government data source, the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The rise in the country’s inflation rate, from 23.18% back
in February 2025 to 24.23% in March 2025, reflected a major increase in the
rising commodity and energy costs in the last few weeks.
According to the March 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Report which measures the inflation rate released by the government agency on
Tuesday, April 15, the country’s food inflation rate was 21.79% year-on-year in
March 2025.
The food inflation rate, however, showed a decrease compared
to the food inflation rate of 23.51% recorded in February 2025.
Economists had predicted that the country’s inflation
rate which decreased minimally in February would rise. Some observers had also
said the minimal reduction in the prices of food commodities experienced
earlier in February was not sustainable, attributing the temporary decline in
the prices of food to the importation intervention of the Federal Government.
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