The Minister of Finance, ZAINAB AHMED, says food prices are indeed going up, contrary to claims by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, who said last week that food prices were dropping.

AHMED disclosed this while speaking on a monitored program.

The Minister, however, said it was unlikely that the prices of food would rise further because of the increase in the price of petrol, adding that most trucks conveying agricultural produce use diesel and not petrol.