“The lowest price was recorded in the North-Central at N2,131.78,” the NBS stated.
The farmers said the tractor-hiring scheme only favoured farmers in politics and neglected smallholder farmers.
Gunmen attacked the community on April 2, 2023, and three persons were killed.
A large crowd of residents, openly swapped their old N500 and N1000 notes for items like rice, beans, tomatoes, pepper, onions among others.
The minister said the rice value chain had been the focal point of the agricultural transformation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says that prices of selected food items increased in November.
A market survey in some major markets in Enugu metropolis showed that the prices of the commodities have recorded over 70 per cent increment.
Deputy Governor Cecilia Ezeilo disclosed this during a two-day World Bank ninth implementation support mission held in Enugu on Tuesday.
The prices of rice have gone up in Jos, as a 50kg bag of smuggled rice now costs N45,000, up from N35,000 for which it was sold three weeks ago.
Also confiscated were 15 different models of vehicles as well as foreign food items like spaghetti, macaroni, and vegetable oil.
