Osun Records Slowest Climb As Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Rises To 34.19%

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the headline inflation rate increased to 34.19% in the month of June.

This represents an increase of 0.24 per cent points from the previous headline inflation rate of 33.95 per cent.

According to Daily Trust, the NBS reported the highest month-on-month inflation increases in Yobe (3.79%), Abuja (3.45%), and Ondo (3.38%). Conversely, the states with the slowest month-on-month inflation rises were Nasarawa (0.71%), Osun (1.19%), and Kano (1.27%).

Daily Trust reports that NBS report said food inflation also increased to 40.87 percent on a year-on-year basis, which was 15.62% points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2023 (25.25%).

It stated that the rise in food inflation was caused by increases in prices of Millet Whole grain, Garri, Guinea corn, etc (Bread and Cereals Class), Yam, Water Yam, Coco Yam (Potatoes, Yam & Other Tubers Class), Groundnut Oil, Palm Oil, etc (Oil & Fats Class) and Catfish Dried, Dried Fish-Sadine, Mudfish (Fish Class), etc.

“On a year-on-year basis, the headline inflation rate was 11.40% points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2023, which was 22.79%. This shows that the headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) increased in the month of June 2024 when compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e. June 2023).”

“Furthermore, on a month-on-month basis, the headline inflation rate in June 2024 was 2.31%, which was 0.17% higher than the rate recorded in May 2024 (2.14%).”

“The rise in Food inflation on a Month-on-Month basis was caused by the rise in the rate of increase in the average prices of Groundnut Oil, Palm Oil, etc (Oil & Fats Class), Water Yam, Coco Yam, Cassava, etc (Potatoes, Yam & Other Tubers Class), Tobacco, Catfish Fresh, Croaker, Mud-fish Fresh, Snail, etc, (Fish Class).

It stated that all Items inflation rate on a Year-on-Year basis was highest in Bauchi (43.95%), Kogi (39.91%), and Oyo (39.15%), while Borno (25.90%), Benue (27.52%) and Katsina (29.21%) recorded the slowest rise in Headline inflation on Year-on-Year basis.

“On a Month-on-Month basis, however, June 2024 recorded the highest increases in Yobe (3.79%), Abuja (3.45%), Ondo (3.38%), while Nasarawa (0.71%), Osun (1.19%) and Kano (1.27%) recorded the slowest rise on Month-on-Month inflation.”