Soon Cannot Afford Jollof Rice: Report

Nigerians are running out of coping mechanisms and strategies to deal with the incessant increase in the cost of jollof rice ingredients, according to a report by strategic intelligence analysis firm SB Morgen (SBM). Making this disclosure in the second quarter of its 2022 Jollof Index, SBM said that Nigerians were in danger of starving as the average cost to prepare the delicacy rose from N8,595 to N9,311. According to the report, Nigerians are using different coping strategies depending on their household’s previous economic status, as the gap between the rich and poor widens. “Nigerians are running out of coping…