Sweet potatoes got cheaper in Lagos in the week of 23 October 2026. FoodPrices Nigeria data from the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems market survey shows the mean price of a kg across 10 markets fell from ₦790 to ₦770, a ₦20 or 2.53% decline on the week of 16 October.
Agbalata Leads the Cut
The move came mostly from one market. Agbalata Market cut its price from ₦1,000 to ₦800 per kg, a 20% reduction, and Ile-Epo Market cut from ₦800 to ₦700, down 12.5%. Oyingbo Market went the other way, from ₦800 to ₦900. The other seven markets held their prices.
Agbalata had been the dearest market for sweet potatoes in early October. That title now belongs to Ajah Market, which has raised its price from ₦900 to ₦1,000 over the month. The cheapest remains Agege Market at ₦500 per kg, a price it has held for most of the year. Fresh Food Hub Mushin is second cheapest at ₦600.
A Choppy Month
This week's fall follows a rise the week before. The mean dipped to ₦749 in the week of 9 October, climbed to ₦790 on 16 October and has now eased to ₦770. Across the whole of October, the price is up 1.32% from ₦760 on 2 October.
Below the July High
The longer view is clearer. Sweet potatoes peaked at a mean of ₦905 per kg in the third week of July and are now 14.92% below that level. They remain 24.44% dearer than the ₦619 recorded in the second week of January. A household buying 3kg a week pays ₦2,310 at the current mean, against ₦2,715 at the July peak, a saving of ₦405 a week.
What Other Reports Say
BusinessDay reported on 20 July that a 100kg bag of sweet potatoes in Lagos had doubled to an average of ₦70,000 from ₦35,000 in early June, citing rising input costs and insecurity. That matches the timing of the July peak in FoodPrices Nigeria data. The Nairametrics Food Price Watch then recorded a bag falling from ₦35,000 to ₦32,000 in September, an 8.57% decline, and Legit.ng listed sweet potatoes among items that became cheaper that month. Both agree with the decline from the July high recorded in the survey.
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