Nigeria In One Minute
It’s a bleak christmas!
Despite the economic downturn, there had been a mad rush for Christmas shopping, leading to astronomical rises in the prices of some commodities. In preparation for the yuletide, the Saturday Telegraph, in its usual practice felt the pulse of the nation, finding out what many are going through.
Checks by New Telegraph correspondents across the nation revealed that many Nigerians have been lamenting the exorbitant hike in the prices of staple foods and other commodities as a result of the rush for Christmas shopping.
Further checks however showed that civil servants and other salary earners are the worst hit as many of them complained of non-payment of salaries, delayed remuneration and the non-availability of soft loans, among other impediments.
New Telegraph, December 22, 2018
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