Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- Residents of Katsina State are cutting down on consumption as the cost of living crisis worsens in Nigeria.

The residents in separate interviews with PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday lamented how prices keep rising by the day, forcing them to make sudden adjustments.

"Things are hard for people," Rukayya Shehu, a school teacher, said. "My husband and I collect salary every month but the money is not enough for us to buy foodstuffs and reserve my transport to and fro my working place for the month."

Nigerians are grappling with inflation and economic hardship that was exacerbated by the removal of fuel subsidies and devaluation of the naira last year.

The prices of foodstuffs and other commodities have been soaring, weaken...