Nigeria, April 1 -- The price of cassava flakes, otherwise known as garri, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, is above N100 per cup for the first time.

This is as prices of other food items have ballooned since the beginning of the year, posing a severe threat to many families.

A PREMIUM TIMES survey of markets and retail shops in Uyo in the last week of March shows that the price of garri jumped by 50 per cent in the state capital.

The survey showed that a cup of garri, which was N100 in December last year, now sells for N150, while four cups are now N500 against five cups.

A five-litre container of garri, which under the same period, was sold at N1, 000 now goes for N2,200, an increase of over 100 per cent, while a bag (100kg) of garri increa...