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The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said inflation dropped by 0.37 per cent to 17.38 per cent in July, from 17.75 per cent recorded in June.
The NBS said this in its “Consumer Price Index, CPI, July 2021 Report” released on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the inflation rate has been on a steady decline for four consecutive months.
This is as inflation rate in May stood at 17.93 per cent from 18.12 per cent recorded in April, while 18.17 per cent was recorded in March.
According to the report, the figure implies that prices continued to rise in July but at a slower pace than it did in June.
It also said increases were recorded in all Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP) divisions that yielded the Headline Index.
“On month-on-month basis, the headline index increased by 0.93 per cent in July. This was 0.13 percentage points lower than the 1.06 per cent recorded in June.
“The percentage change in the average composite CPI for the 12 months period ending July 2021 over the average of the CPI for the previous 12 months period was 16.30 per cent, showing 0.37 per cent rise from 15.93 per cent recorded in June,” said the Bureau.
It added that urban inflation rate increased by 18.01 per cent (year-on-year) in July, from 18.35 per cent recorded in June, while the rural inflation rate increased by 16.75 per cent in July from 17.16 per cent in June.
On a month-on-month basis, it said the urban index rose by 0.98 per cent in July, but declined by 0.11 points against the rate recorded in June (1.09 per cent).
Similarly, it said the rural index rose by 0.87 per cent in July; however, it dropped by 0.15 points over the rate recorded in June (1.02 per cent).
According to the report, the corresponding 12-month year-on-year average percentage change for the urban index was 16.89 per cent in July.
This, it said was higher than 16.51 per cent reported in June, while the corresponding rural inflation rate in July was 15.73 per cent, compared to 15.36 per cent recorded in the previous month.
The report said the composite food index rose by 21.03 per cent in the month under review compared to 21.83 per cent in June, implying that food prices continued to rise in July, but at a slower speed than it did in June.
According to the NBS, on month-on-month basis, the food sub-index increased by 0.86 per cent in July, dow…
