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Similarly, a 100kg bag of beans, which sold for N110,000, now costs N100,000, while a 100kg bag of guinea corn, another staple food in Adamawa, now goes for N55,000, down from N60,000.
Overall, the decrease in food prices is a welcome development for residents in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states, who have been grappling with high food prices in recent months.
A bag of 100kg white beans now costs N75,000, down from N110,000, while a bag of red beans goes for N95,000, down from N130,000.
In Maiduguri, a 50kg bag of foreign rice goes for N70,000, down from N80,000, while local rice goes for N63,000.
A 50kg bag of local rice has also dropped from N65,000 to N45,000, while 100kg of guinea corn has dropped from N60,000 to N50,000.
In Yola Central Market, a 50kg bag of foreign rice, which previously sold for between N80,000 and N85,000, now costs between N57,000 and N58,000..
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