The high cost of onions in Nigeria has been attributed to various factors which affected the production of the vegetable in 2020.
A bag of onions is sold at N75,000 at the popular Muda Lawal Market, which supplies other markets in the metropolis, compared to the N8,000 it was sold for before Christmas 2019. According to him, “The high cost of onions in Nigeria today is as a result of some factors. One of such is the high rainfalls witnessed this year in the state and in fact, the North in general.
The state government had informed that flood disasters in the state this year led to the destruction of 3,500 houses and over 2,190 farmlands worth N950 million in 16 out of the 20 local government areas of the state. Maigambai said the price of onions was relatively stable in the past two years until last Christmas when the price went up a little before it now skyrocketed to its current price, saying that, “today onion is gold, going by its price.”
While noting that the state governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed is trying very hard to ensure that farmers have enough fertilizer to use in their farms at affordable rates, the chairman called on the government to intervene by helping farmers with fertilizer or loans.
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