{
  "id": 9671298,
  "title": "State police will tackle food inflation – Lagos Food Bank founder",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/state-police-will-tackle-food-inflation-lagos-food-bank-founder-9671298",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-25T01:50:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/state-police-will-tackle-food-inflation-lagos-food-bank-founder/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The founder of the Lagos Food Bank Initiative, Dr Michael Sunbola, has stated that state police will tackle food inflation. The Lagos Food Bank Initiative has a Green Harvest initiative aimed at addressing hunger and food scarcity.\n\nNational food inflation in Nigeria decreased to 19.57 per cent in August. According to a report by priceandpromo FMCG Momentum, nearly 80 per cent of 110 tracked fast-moving consumer goods recorded no month-on-month price movement. The report also found that 12 per cent of products declined in price and 9 per cent increased.\n\nFood categories such as seasoning, noodles, and edible oil showed high levels of price stability. However, breakfast cereals and powdered milk saw a decline in prices, with around one in five comparable products in each category recording decreases during August, as reported by Punch Nigeria.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Food inflation eases as FMCG prices stabilise – Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/food-inflation-eases-as-fmcg-prices-stabilise-report",
        "published": "2026-09-24T23:16:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}