The scourge of rising inflation, By Dakuku Peterside

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The scourge of rising inflation, By Dakuku Peterside

An unprecedented rise in inflation has destroyed the disposable incomes of households and pushed many families into poverty. Spiralling inflation is having a devastating impact on all, but especially on households in the lower rungs of the working class, who in their millions are joining the already over 133 million multidimensionally poor Nigerians struggling to […]

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