Hike In Food Prices Is Just A Transient Issue – Chief Of Staff

Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, has urged Nigerians to be patient and perceive the recent hike in prices of food items as a transient situation.

The recent prices of grains show a significant decline which suggests that the decrease would soon be reflected across the country as new products are brought into the market, Gambari said in Abuja.

He said, “Yesterday, my office as the secretariat, National Food Security Council, met with the agricultural commodity association to ascertain the root causes of the recent spike in food prices and craft mitigating strategies to what could be a potential crisis.

“Although various concerns were raised on the root cause of the increase in commodity cost, we have been informed that prices are actually on the decline as new grains have been introduced to the market.