Im blaming everything on fuel scarcity and increase, transportation is so espensive these days so the average retailer has no choice than to also increase their price to be able to make some gain out of it, fuel is chasing 1k per liter like say na dollar, I just week, very soon the average transportation price a day for anyone would be 2k for very short distance like from mile 3 ph to location ph.
Fuel scarcity is one of the causes of hike of goods, sometimes our Naira may gain value but when fuel price goes high or remain the same even while Naira gains against dollar, you'll see the coat of transportation remaining stagnant. I don't really blame the transport companies or cab drivers for not reducing the cost of transportation due to the cost of fuel currently and traders too have to increase the prices of their good based on the current transportation fee nation wide.
But then I don't think scarcity of fuel is the only cause of hike in price of goods, sometimes greed also plays a role too, there are times when there's no fuel scarcity and Naira gains against dollar but then instead of some traders to reduce the price of goods, they'll end up selling more than the previous price and claim they're yet to sell their old goods some traders would even want to sell double the previous price if they're given an opportunity which is bad.
That's the height of it all, we all are praying for a change but the change begins with all of us, I'm fully aware that our governance of this country is poor and their are many sectors that needs to be attended to for things to get better but we citizens have a role to play as well for out country to get better again.