Assigned Nigerians make final preparations for the Christmas celebration, consumers based in Port Harcourt have expressed worries over the rising cost of food items in the market.
The celebration of Christmas, an annual festivities marked by Christians, are usually accompanied by huge shopping and sales, but the situation this year has perhaps been different following consumers complain of the steady hike in cost of food items, especially rice, tomatoes, onions amongst others.
The traders on their part blamed the hike in prices of food items to the endsars protests which led to wholesalers and farmers to increase their prices.
While Nigerians continue battle with the rising cost of food items, economic watchers say inflation, devaluation of the Naira and insecurity are responsible for the surge in prices of food items.
As of Wednesday, 22nd of December, a bag of Rice is sold between ₦35000 to ₦40,000.