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Concerns grow as Nigeria’s inflation surges to 17-year high

FILE - Pedestrians shop at a street market in Lagos, Nigeria, on Sept. 7, 2022. Nigeria's consumer inflation surged to a 17-year high in August 2022, its statistics agency said on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa's largest economy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) FILE - People buy tomatoes from a vegetable market in the commercial capital Lagos, Nigeria, on April. 17, 2020. Nigeria's consumer inflation surged to a 17-year high in August 2022, its statistics agency said on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa's largest economy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File) People shop for foodstuffs at a market in Owo, Southwestern Nigeria, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Nigeria's consumer inflation surged to a 17-year high in August 2022, its statistics agency said on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa's largest economy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) A woman sells food items at a market in Owo, Southwestern Nigeria, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Nigeria's consumer inflation surged to a 17-year high in August 2022, its statistics agency said on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa's largest economy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) Women sell food items at a street market in Owo, Southwestern Nigeria, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Nigeria's consumer inflation surged to a 17-year high in August 2022, its statistics agency said on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa's largest economy. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)