Food Prices Crash In Enugu

Prices of some food items have crashed in Enugu, investigations  have  revealed.

Our correspondent who visited some markets in Enugu observed that prices of fresh tomatoes, onions and garri reduced slightly.

It was gathered that a basket of tomatoes that was sold for at about 20,000 naira is now sold at between N12,000 and N16,000.

It was also observed that three paint-pan sizes of onions sold at N10,000 is now sold at N5,000 as of the time of filing this report.

Our investigations further revealed that a paint of crawfish sold at between N6,000 and N7,500 is now sold at 4,500.

Although the price of popular commodity like garri did not reduce with a wide margin our findings revealed that the price of the product has reduced.

Some traders who spoke to LEADERSHIP expressed optimism that the prices of other commodities will soon reduce.

They however, appealed to the federal government to continue to provide the enabling environment for farmers to enable them to produce more, adding that when the commodities are surplus, the prices  of the commodities will continue to reduce.