High Prices Dampen Easter Celebrations for Struggling Nigerian Families

Prices of goods remain high in Nigeria despite interventions to strengthen the naira, making Easter celebrations difficult for families
A pastor and father of 4 cannot afford to buy his family new clothes or make special meals as he normally would for Easter
A fish seller says the Easter market is unusually empty, with fewer people buying compared to previous years
Traders in Abuja, Ogun, and Lagos markets say prices of basic food items like rice, yam, fish, and frozen chicken have gone up in recent weeks
Economists say there is a lag time between currency policy changes and seeing their effect on market prices, and human behavior causes stickiness in prices coming down