Oshiomhole claims Nigerians now say food prices are ‘too cheap’

 

Adams Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo North, has said some Nigerians are now claiming that food prices are becoming too cheap.

Oshiomhole made the remarks during an appearance on Channels Television last week.

“The truth is this, we promised radical reforms,” he said.
“There are Nigerians now who are saying food is becoming too cheap.”

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Asked what President Bola Tinubu would campaign on as he seeks re-election, the former Edo State governor said the administration’s reforms were beginning to yield results.

“I even heard some opposition member saying the president is manipulating food prices to crash,” Oshiomhole said.
“So they are angry that the food prices are down.”

The lawmaker, who is also a former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he supports the president’s tax reform laws.

“The facts on the ground show that President Tinubu’s tax policy is consistent with the values of a progressive government,” he said.

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“And this is a progressive tax policy that places a higher burden on those who earn more while offering tax exemptions to those who earn less.”

In October 2025, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) accused the Tinubu-led government of manipulating food prices to gain political advantage ahead of the 2027 elections.

The party’s national publicity secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the reported decline in food prices was “artificial” and driven by import waivers that had flooded the market with cheap foreign food, hurting local farmers already grappling with insecurity and inflation.

In December 2025, the senate asked the federal government to reduce fertiliser prices to protect farmers’ livelihoods amid falling farm-gate prices and rising input costs.