By Nchetachi Chukwuajah
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday, December 12, said the prices of beans, gari, rice, tomatoes, beef and other food items witnessed a slight decrease in price in October 2025.
This was contained in the NBS’ Selected Food Prices Watch report for October 2025, released in Abuja.
The report said on a year-on-year basis, the average price of one kilogramme of brown beans decreased by 37.09 per cent from N2,798.50 recorded in October 2024 to N1,760.53 in October 2025.
It stated that the price of beans decreased on a month-on-month basis by 1.74 per cent from N1,815.76 in September 2025.
The report also said that the average price of one kilo of white gari fell by 29.33 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N1,198.05 in October 2024 to N846.69 in October 2025.
On a month-on-month basis, the price also fell by 2.88 per cent from the N871.78 recorded in September 2025.
The average price of one kilo of tomatoes decreased by 13.43 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N1,465.99 in October 2024 to N1,269.17 in October 2025.
According to the report, the price of a kilogramme of tomatoes decreased on a month-on-month basis by 0.83 per cent from the N1,279.84 recorded in September 2025.
It further stated that the average price of a kilo of local rice reduced by 2.01 per cent from N1,944.64 recorded in October 2024 to N1,913.78 in October 2025.
On a month-on-month basis, one kilogramme of local rice decreased by 1.59 per cent in October from the N1,952.94 recorded in September 2025.
The report, however, stated that the average price of one kilogramme of onion bulb increased by 4.66 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N1,251.52 recorded in October 2024 to N1,368.32 in October 2025.
On a month-on-month basis, the average price of one kilo of onion bulb decreased by 9.33 per cent from N1,307.44 recorded in September 2025.
It added that the average price of one kilo of boneless beef increased by 16.93 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N5,858.58 in October 2024 to N6,850.51 in October 2025.
On a month-on-month basis, the price also increased by 0.16 per cent from the N6,861.25 recorded in September 2025.
On state profile analysis, the report showed that in October 2025, the highest average price of one kilogramme of brown beans was recorded in Imo State at N2,174.09, while the lowest was recorded in Yobe State at N1,263.68.
It said the highest average price of a kilo of white gari was recorded in Bayelsa State at N1,165.3, while the lowest price was recorded in Plateau State at N490.1
According to the report, Ebonyi State recorded the highest average price of one kilo of tomato at N2,148.04, while the lowest was reported in Plateau State at N687.09.
Analysis by zone showed that the average price of one kilogramme of brown beans was highest in the South-East and South-West at N2,105.94 and N2,081.33, respectively, while the lowest price was recorded in the North-West at N1,349.23.
The South-East and South-South recorded the highest average price of 1kg of white gari at N1,066.85 and N980.44, respectively, while the lowest price was in the North-Central at N630.44.
