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CBN Blames Herdsmen And Bandits For Galloping Inflation Rate

Emefiele while addressing the media on Tuesday stated that Nigeria’s growing food inflation is caused due to worsening security challenges.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has explained that the uptick in Nigeria’s food inflation is due to the worsening security situation in many parts of the country.

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He disclosed this while addressing the media after the briefing of the monetary policy committee meeting held on Tuesday, where they voted to retain the MPR at 11.5% and other parameters constant.

Godwin Emefiele stated that the increase in inflationary pressure is attributable to security challenges in the food-producing areas in Nigeria, where farmers face frequent attacks by herdsmen and bandits in their various farms.

 

According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s food inflation stood at 21.79% in February 2021, being the highest rate recorded in over 15 years.

“This persisting uptick in food inflation, however, was the major driving factor to the uptick in headline inflation. This was due to the worsening security situation in many parts of the country, particularly, the food-producing areas, where farmers face frequent attacks by herdsmen and bandits in their farms.

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While the Bank is intervening significantly in the agricultural sector, the rising insecurity in some food-producing areas is limiting the expected outcomes in terms of supply to the market, thus contributing to the rise in food prices. The Committee further noted that the key drivers of the increase in core inflation included, the hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), upward adjustment in electricity tariffs, and the depreciation of the domestic currency (naira).” CBN MPC.

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Despite the significant interventions made by the apex bank in the Agricultural sector, the food prices are soaring high. hereby affecting the country’s headline inflation.

  • According to the communique of the MPC meeting, the rising insecurity in some food-producing areas in Nigeria is limiting the expected outcomes in terms of supply to the market despite intervening significantly in the agricultural sector, thus contributing to the rise in food prices.
  • In terms of funding, the Committee noted that the Bank has disbursed funds under its various agricultural interventions towards improving food supply in Nigeria.
  • The Committee noted the disbursement of N107.60 billion to 548,109 farmers cultivating 703,619 hectares of land between Q4 2020 and Q1 2021 to boost dry season output in support of agricultural value chain development.
  • Total disbursements as of the end of February 2021 amounted to N1.487 trillion under the various agricultural programmes, of which N686.59 billion was disbursed under the Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme (CACS).
  • A sum of N601.75 billion was also disbursed under the Anchor Borrowers Programmes (ABP) to 3,038,649 farmers to support food supply and dampen inflationary pressures.

Notably, under the Targeted Credit Facility, the Bank has disbursed N218.16 billion to 475,376 beneficiaries, of which 34% of beneficiaries are SMEs. Under AGSMEIS, N111.62 billion has been disbursed to 28,961 beneficiaries, 70% of which are in the agricultural sector.

Why this matters

With Nigeria’s inflationary pressure on the high and the Central Bank’s continued approach of holding the benchmark interest rate so as to stimulate the economy, improve productivity and create employment by means of continuous inventions to strategic sectors of the economy.

  • There is a need for the government and all necessary agencies to work together towards ensuring adequate security in the country, especially in food-producing areas so as to curb the incessant hike in the prices of food items in the country.
  • The MPC had stated that the current inflationary pressure is substantially a supply-side phenomenon, creating the need to continue to focus on the consolidation of the recovery process that started in 2020.

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