Tag: Price
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Yam export: Local consumption, price won’t be adversely affected, FG assures Nigerians
Prof. Simon Irtwange, Chairman, Technical Committee on Nigeria Yam Export Programme, has said the exportation of yam will not affect local consumption of the produce and its price. Irtwange gave the assurance in an interview with newsmen in Lagos on Friday. He said that it was necessary to allay the fears of the citizens that…
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FG begins move to reduce price of rice
Federal Government is working toward reducing the price of fertiliser to cut down the price of locally produced rice. The minister, who said this on Wednesday when he featured on a television current affairs programme on the 2017 Budget in Abuja, said that the Federal Government was collaborating with the Morocco Government in this regard.…
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Petrol price: Reps advise marketers on pump price
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Review of Pump Price of Petrol has called on private marketers of petrol to sell at the government-regulated price. The Chairman of the committee, Rep. Raphael Igbokwe, made the call during an oversight visit to Liquid Bulk Ltd., Conoil, DELMAR Petroleum Company Ltd. and some other petrol marketers…
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Just in: Price of rice falls by 7%
The National Bureau of Statistics said the average price of imported rice decreased by 7.22 per cent, as one kilogramme was sold for N250.30 in April from N418.71 in March. The NBS stated this in its“Selected Food Price watch data for April 2017” released on Tuesday in Abuja. It, however, stated that the average price…
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No plans to increase petrol pump price – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has said the general public should disregard rumours flying around that it intends increasing prices of petroleum products in the country. In a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, the Corporation further assured motorists that there was…