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NBS Report: Nigeria’s inflation goes up to 12.13%

Muhammad A. Aliyu
By Muhammad A. Aliyu
Published: February 18, 2020
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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) also known as inflation increased to 12.13% in January 2020.

Okay.ng understands that the NBS disclosed this in its report released on Tuesday.

According to the report, the increase was 0.15% points higher than the rate recorded in December 2019, which was 11.98%.

“The percentage change in the average composite CPI for the 12 months period ending January 2020, over the average of the CPI for the previous 12 months period was 11.46 percent, showing 0.06 percent point from 11.40 percent recorded in December 2019,” the report read.

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“The urban inflation rate increased from 12.62 percent in December to 12.78 percent year on year in January 2020, while the rural inflation rate increased from 11.41 percent in December 2019 to 11.54 percent in January 2020.

“On a month-on-month basis, the urban index rose from 0.90 percent recorded in December 2019 to 0.92 percent in January 2020, up by 0.02, while the rural index also rose by 0.83 percent in January 2020, up by 0.01 from the rate recorded in December 2019, which was 0.82 percent.

“The corresponding 12-month year-on-year average percentage change for the urban index is 11.92 percent in January 2020. This is higher than 11.83 percent reported in December 2019.

“While the corresponding rural inflation rate in January 2020 is 11.04 percent compared to 11.00 percent recorded in December 2019,”

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