Consumers To Pay More As Inflation Rises To 19.64 Per Cent In July

Consumers will pay more for goods and services as the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said that inflation rate rose to 19.64 per cent in July 2022 from 18.60 per cent in June 2022.
The NBS in a report titled ‘CPI July 2022’ noted that the highest increases were recorded in prices of gas, liquid fuel, solid fuel, passenger, transport by road, passenger transport by air, garments, cleaning, repair, and hire of clothing.
The report said: “In July 2022, on a year –on- year basis, the headline inflation rate was 19.64%,” It added that “This was 2.27% points higher compared to the rate recorded in July 2021, which was (17.3%).
It added that on a month-on-month basis, the headline inflation rate in July 2022 was 1.817 %, which was 0.001% higher than the rate recorded in June 2022 (1.816 %).
The NBS said the percentage change in the average CPI for the twelve months period ending July 2022 over the average of the CPI for the previous twelve months period was 16.75%, showing a 0.46% increase compared to 16.30% recorded in July 2021.
According to the report, increases were recorded in all Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP) functions and all-items basis.
It added that on a year-on-year basis, in the month of July 2022, the urban inflation rate was 20.09%, this was 2.08% higher compared to 18.01% recorded in July 2021.
The report noted that on a month-on-month basis, the urban inflation rate was 1.82% in July 2022, this was a 0.0002% decline compared to June 2022 (1.82%).
It said in July 2022, food inflation on a year-on-year basis was highest in Kwara (29.28%), Akwa Ibom (27.22%), and Kogi (26.08%), while Kaduna (17.16%), Jigawa (17.46%) and Anambra (19.25%) recorded the slowest rise on year-on-year food inflation.
The Bureau said on a month-on-month basis, July 2022 food inflation was highest in Kwara (3.90%), Delta (3.61%), and Benue (2.94%), while Taraba (0.14%), Gombe (0.94%), and Niger (1.13%) recorded the slowest rise on month-on-month inflation.