Gbemisola Ademola, a 44-year-old mother of five children, could stock up food items for the month and buy clothing and other household items last year. But with inflation at a 28-year high, she now buys less of everything and can only stock up daily food items and cannot afford to buy clothing or
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues. She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.

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