Pepper Shortage Hits Ilorin Markets Ahead of Eid-el-Kabir

Date: 2024-06-14

According to a news report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), pepper, a staple spice in many Nigerian dishes, has suddenly become scarce in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, as Eid-el-Kabir approaches.

A market survey conducted on Thursday at the Mandate Market in Ilorin West Local Government Area, where pepper is usually sold in large quantities, revealed that the spice has become increasingly expensive in recent weeks.

The scarcity has also affected tomatoes, with both commodities becoming hard to find. Some pepper sellers have attributed the shortage to flooding and pest attacks in the North, where pepper is grown in large quantities.

Mallam Jamilu Isa, a vendor, explained that they were expecting deliveries of pepper and onions, but were informed that there were no goods available for loading. He lamented that the flooding had washed away many crops, and those that were not washed away were damaged by pests.

The price hike has been significant. A small container of tomatoes that previously sold for N150 now sells for N2,000. Similarly, a wastebin basket that used to cost between N1,500 and N2,000 now sells for N15,000, and a large basket that was priced at N10,000 now costs N175,000 and above.

Also, a basket of Scotch Bonnets popularly called “rodo” sold for N1,500 before, now goes for N12,000.

Similarly, a bag of onions now goes for N75,000 as against N50,000 and below that it was sold.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, food prices in Nigeria increased 40.53 per cent in April of 2024 over the same month in the previous year and food inflation reached an all-time high of 40.53 per cent in April of 2024.

In a visit to ram dealers, they lamented low sales as buyers complained of the high prices of rams.

A ram seller, Mr Azeez Abdullahi, said the ram that went for N50,000 a few years back is sold for between N170,000 and N200,000 and above this year.

He identified the high cost of feeds and transportation as responsible for the hike in the price of the ram.

A prospective customer, Mr Yahaya Usman said with the exorbitant price, some of his friends are planning to contribute money to buy a cow and share which is also acceptable in Islam as an alternative to rams. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yoruba     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Oniwasi Agbaye     Tunde Akanbi     Mohammed Haruna     Ajakaye     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Mamatu Abdullahi     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Oke-Odo     Www.Kwarareports.com     CLAY POT     Dauda Adesola     Alliance For Democracy     Ilorin Curfew     Sobi Hill     Durbar     April 11     Babata     Lawal Jimoh     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Goodluck Jonathan     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Rasaq Jimoh     Kwarareports     Saka Balikis Kehinde     MINILS     Kolawole Akande     JMK Construction Company Limited     Photo News     Anilelerin     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     UTME     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Kawu     Rafiu Olasile     Egbewole     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Toyin Sanusi     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Taofeek Sanusi     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Sayomi     Senate President     Otoge     NURTW     Balogun Gambari     Omotoso     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Omu Aran     Oladimeji Thompson     Kayode Yusuf     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Abikan     Donatus Ejidike     Suleman Abubakar     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     New Nigeria People’s Party     Unilorin FM     Amos Justus Sayo     Oba Of Jebba     Elerinjare     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Shonga     Rashidi Yekini     Ahmed Bayero     Ahmed \'Lateef     SUBEB     Toyin Falola     Femi Agbaje     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yunus Oniboki     Saduki Lafiagi     Kwara State Pension Board     Kola Olota     Abioye Bello     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Kehinde Baale     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Saeedat Aliyu     Towoju     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Sabitiyu Grillo     KWSUED     COVID-19 Palliatives     Muhammed Aliyu     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Ajase-Ipo     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Sebastine Obasi     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Titus Ashaolu     Baba Isale     Garba Ado Sanni     Babatunde Idiagbon     Ilorin Muslim Community     Laduba     Ahman Pategi     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Tuesday Assayomo     Adijat Adebiyi     Sobi FM     Elese Of Igbaja     NURTW     Mufti Of Ilorin     Saheed Popoola     Ajuloopin     Boko Haram     Kwasu     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Minimum Wage     Balogun Ajikobi     Abdulhakeem Amao     Offorjama     Rotimi Oyedepo     Student Learning Support Helpline     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Kwara 2019     Abubakar Imam     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Sarkin Malamai     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Igbaja     Fulani     Usman Yunusa     Osinbajo     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Sanitation Exercise     Valsolar Consortium     Manzuma     Nagode     EFCC     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Isin     Abdullahi Samari     Femi Ogunsola     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Kwara Restoration Project     Onilu     Firdaos Amasa     Saka Onimago     Oke-Ero     Oba Abu     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo