Students protest hike in garri price in Ilorin

Some students in Ilorin have decried the sudden increase in price of garri, commonly referred to as “students’ food’.’

Some of the students expressed their concerns in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday, in Ilorin.

The students said it had become almost impossible to have a day’s meal with

the increase in the staple food.

A student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Dayo Abiodun, said that it was difficult to feed with the sudden increase in the price of Garri.

He said a bowl of garri which was sold at N150, now sold for N240 in the market, while a cup now sells at N30.

“In the past, you see your room mates sharing garri among themselves freely but since the end of last year, no student can afford to willingly give out a cup of the commodity.

“Garri is the most friendly and easily accessible food for us as students but now it has become scarce commodity in the hostel,’’ he said.

Another student, Suleman Sheriff, told NAN that garri used to be his fast food to quench hunger but the increase in its price had changed that.

Meanwhile, the Cassava Traders’ Association (CTA) in Niger has decried the continuous increase in price of cassava in Minna.