Nigeria’s inflation rate increased to 16.82 percent in April 2022, following a similar increase recorded in the previous month as a result of rising oil and food prices. This is the highest rate reported since August 20, 2021.
This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics‘ recently issued Consumer Price Index data (NBS).
In April 2022, the consumer price index, which assesses the rate of inflation, increased by 16.82 percent year on year, 0.9 percent points more than the 15.92 percent reported the previous month (March 2022). The headline index climbed by 1.76 percent month on month in April 2022, compared to a 1.74 percent increase recorded in the previous month.
Similarly, the urban inflation rate increased from 18.68 percent in April 2022 to 17.35 percent in April 2022, while the rural inflation rate increased to 16.32% in April 2022 from 17.57% in April 2021.
Food inflation rose to 18.37% in the review month, an increase compared to the 17.2% recorded in the preceding month. This rise in the food index was caused by increases in the prices of Bread and cereals, Food products, Potatoes, yam, and other tubers, Wine, Fish, Meat, and Oils.
On a month-on-month basis, the food sub-index increased to 2% in April 2022, up by 0.01% points from 1.99% recorded in March 2022. Also, the average annual rate of change of the Food sub-index for the twelve-month period ending April 2022 over the previous twelve-month average is 18.88%, 0.34% points from the average annual rate of change recorded in March 2022 (19.21) percent.
In the same vein, the core inflation rate rose to 14.18% in April 2022 from 13.91% recorded in the previous month. The rise in the core index was attributed to the increase in the prices of Gas, liquid fuel, Cleaning, repair and hire of clothing, Clothing materials, other articles of clothing, and clothing accessories.
The average 12-month annual rate of change of the index was 13.68% for the twelve-month period ending April 2022; this is 0.12% points higher than the 13.56% recorded as of the previous month.
In April 2022, all items inflation on a year-on-year basis was highest in Bauchi (18.93%), Ebonyi (18.88%), and Akwa Ibom (18.80%), while Sokoto (14.65%), Kwara (15.33%) and Kaduna (15.69%) recorded the slowest rise in headline Year on Year inflation.
In terms of food inflation, Kogi recorded the highest year-on-year increase in the food index with 22.79% in April 2022, Kwara State followed with 21.56%, and Ebonyi (21.45%), while Sokoto (14.85%), Kaduna (15.55%) and Anambra (16.68%) recorded the slowest rise in year-on-year food inflation.
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