Resent tomato price falls from N25,000 per basket in May to N800 in Kaduna recently.
The price of tomato hit the roof after there was a massive scarcity caused by "tuta absoluta, also known as "tomato ebola".
This affected the crop in most parts of the north-west, notably Kaduna, Jigawa, Katsina and Kano states.
As a result, the basket prices jumped from the range of N800-N1200 to between N25,000 and N40,000
the height of the crisis.
Tomato scarcity is nothing new, but it was made worse this year by the invasion of the moth the insects trieved during the dry season but don’t survive during the rainy season.
The rains coupled with the efforts of government have helped
tremendously in making tomato available,
Abass Mai Tumatur, chairman of the tomato sellers assured the public that the fear is gone now "and hopefully for good"
But we still waiting for the relief wind to blow westward as the price of tomatoes are still very high
