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Nigerians in trouble, as inflation rate rises to 12.2% - NBS

Afnews Editor

Mar 17, 2020

The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday revealed that inflation rose by 12.20 percent year-on-year in February.

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According to the bureau, the inflation rate of 12.2 percent, is 0.07 percentage points higher than the 12.13 percent recorded in January.

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The 12.2 percent index is also the highest recorded by the economy in the last 21 months.

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The NBS said the urban inflation rate increased by 12.85 percent year-on-year in February from 12.78 percent recorded in January this year.

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