Daily Trust on Sunday gathered that five tubers of yam cost between N3,000 and N5,000 depending on the size.
Traders at the Maitumbi Market told our correspondent that the price was fair when compared to two months ago when farmers in the state had not started harvesting. Daily Trust on Sunday gathered that most of the yams currently in Niger State markets were supplied from Ekiti and Edo despite the fact that the state was one of the major yam producers in Nigeria.
"Personally, I supply yam to Niger State from Ekiti but there are other traders who buy from Bendel. We also supply to the neighbouring countries of Republic of Niger and Benin Republic. We pay N18,000 per hundred tubers known as 'kwariya' from Ekiti State. A J-5 bus carries 24 'kwariya'. So, it costs us N432,000 to fully load a J-5 bus from Ekiti to Niger State. So, how do you expect the price to fall," he asked.
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