Tomato, onion sellers attribute further drop in prices to glut in Enugu
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Nigerian vendors display their vegetables for sale at Mile 12 market in Lagos on January 14, 2012. /PHOTO: AFP
Some tomatoes and onion sellers in Enugu State have attributed the crash in prices of the commodities to their harvest season, leading to a glut in Enugu.
A market survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday revealed that prices of the soup ingredients have crashed, compared to what they were some weeks ago.
The price of a big basket of UTC tomatoes now sells for N6,500 as it has flooded the markets.
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 15, 2016 shows a trader sorting baskets of tomatoes at the Yankaba vegetables market in northern Nigerian city of Kano / AFP PHOTO / –
The Price of tomatoes has dropped significantly in major markets in Enugu metropolis, compared to what it was during the Yuletide.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) market survey on Thursday shows that a big basket of UTC specie of the commodity now sells for N7,500 as against N11, 500.
The small basket of the commodity goes for N5,000 as against N8,000. x
A tomato dealer at the Garki Market, Enugu, Mr Garba Adamu, attributed the development to the harvest season.
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