The National Bureau of Statistics has reported that the prices of beans, garri, maize, tomatoes, beef, rice, and several other key food items recorded a slight decline in September 2025. This update was contained in the agency’s Selected Food Prices Watch report for September 2025, released in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to the NBS, the average price of 1kg of brown beans dropped by 33.70 per cent on a year-on-year basis, moving from N2,738.59 in September 2024 to N1,815.76 in September 2025. The report stated, “On a month-on-month basis, beans also decreased by 1.74 per cent from the N1,847.82 recorded in August 2025.”
The report also showed that the average price of 1kg of white garri fell by 25.51 per cent on a year-on-year basis, dropping from N1,170.25 in September 2024 to N871.78 in September 2025. It added, “On a month-on-month basis, the price also fell by 6.52 per cent from the N932.53 recorded in August 2025.” The NBS noted a similar trend for maize, explaining that the average price of 1kg of white grain maize sold loose declined by 16.57 per cent on a year-on-year basis, falling from N1,065.14 in September 2024 to N888.68 in September 2025. It stated, “On a month-on-month basis, it decreased by 6.56 per cent from N951.04 recorded in August 2025.”
According to the breakdown, the average price of 1kg of tomato reduced by 10.56 per cent from N1,430.87 in September 2024 to N1,279.84 in September 2025. The bureau stated, “Also, on a month-on-month basis, the price decreased by 0.45 per cent from the N1,285.61 recorded in August 2025.” However, the average price of 1kg of local rice increased slightly by 1.99 per cent on a year-on-year basis from N1,914.77 in September 2024 to N1,952.94 in September 2025. The report added, “However, on a month-on-month basis, 1kg of local rice decreased by 0.56 per cent in September from the N1,963.87 recorded in August 2025.”
The NBS also confirmed that the average price of 1kg of boneless beef increased by 21.79 per cent year-on-year, rising from N5,633.60 in September 2024 to N6,861.25 in September 2025. It noted, “However, on a month-on-month basis, the price decreased by 0.02 per cent from the N6,860.07 recorded in August 2025.”
On state-by-state analysis, the report showed that Enugu State recorded the highest average price of 1kg of brown beans at N2,337.58, while Yobe recorded the lowest at N1,223.42. Ebonyi had the highest average price of 1kg of white garri at N1,297.22, while Taraba recorded the lowest at N450. The highest average price of 1kg of white maize was recorded in Imo at N1,488.5, with Yobe recording the lowest at N547.84. For tomatoes, Ebonyi had the highest price at N2,301.38, while Plateau recorded the lowest at N697.69. The report added that the highest price for 1kg of local rice was in Enugu at N2,385.73, while Lagos recorded the lowest at N1,963.87. It also stated that Imo recorded the highest average price of 1kg of boneless beef at N9,070.39, while Benue recorded the lowest at N6,860.07.
A breakdown by geopolitical zones showed that the average price of 1kg of brown beans was highest in the South-East at N2,241.48, followed by the South-West at N2,082.52, while the lowest price was recorded in the North-West at N1,397.97. The South-East and South-South recorded the highest average prices of 1kg of white garri at N1,223.77 and N977.56, while the lowest was in the North-Central at N640.68. For white maize, the South-East recorded the highest average price at N1,247.60, followed by the South-South at N1,113.41, while the North-East recorded the lowest at N607.93. The NBS added that the North-Central and South-East recorded the highest average prices of 1kg of local rice at N2,031.33 and N2,029.48, while the South-South recorded the lowest. It also noted that the South-East had the highest average price of 1kg of tomato at N2,004.88, followed by the South-South at N1,593.09, while the North-West recorded the lowest at N870.78.
In September, President Bola Tinubu directed a Federal Executive Council Committee to take further steps to reduce food prices by ensuring safe movement of food items across key routes in the country.
