Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Skyrockets To Record 24.08% Amid Fuel Price Increases, Forex Scarcity

A woman bargains for the price of food with a store keeper at a grain shop in Garki market Abuja, Nigeria November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

  • The country’s inflation rate jumped in July 2023 amid forex scarcity and soaring food prices occasioned by the removal of petrol subsidy

Amid the impact of the fuel price increase and shortage of foreign exchange, Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 24.08% in July 2023, the highest in years. 

The July 2023 rate showed an increase of 1.29% points when compared to the previous month’s which was 22.79%, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Tuesday.

The CPI measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services.

On July 25, 2023, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), which measures interest rate, from 18.5 percent to 18.75%.

The interest rate increase occurred amid soaring food prices and rising cost of transportation occasioned by the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol with the price per litre jumping from N184 to about N600, more than 200% hike.

The apex bank said “hiking the interest rate has made a lot of difference in moderating the rate of inflation”.

To address the forex shortage in the country with a dollar exchanging at over N900 to the naira, Acting CBN Governor, Folashodun Shonubi, on Monday, said the apex bank would take certain steps in the next few days to improve the liquidity in the market.

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