- Nigerians have resorted to using garden eggs and carrots to cook as prices of tomato soar.
- They complained that the price of it was too much and so they had no choice but to find something cheaper.
- It was also shared that there really wasn’t much difference between the garden eggs to the tomatoes, just the color.
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Some wives in the capital of Nigerian, Abuja have lamented about the soar in price of tomatoes in the country.
According to Punch, they now use garden eggplants and carrots in their stew instead of tomatoes.
According to the woman, the garden eggs could blend very well with pepper just like tomato which was why they resorted to it.
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In an interview, Mrs Jumai Amodu a resident of the state shared that although she wasn’t comfortable with using the alternative, she had no choice.
She however made it clear that the difference between eggplants and tomatoes has not much difference. “The only major difference between garden egg stew and tomato stew is the colour. We also use pumpkin stew with rice sometimes and although it has its unique taste, it blends well with rice.”\
Speaking to Battabox, a businesswoman in Lagos state, Mrs Sulieman Ajao also shared her distress regarding the issue, “I really don’t understand how we turned to this, on Sallah day I went to the market to buy pepper, and I didn’t see a single one”
“A few days later I went to a nearby mallam to get it and I was told that for the small plastic, it is sold for N500, how why?” she said.
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Meanwhile, a Nigerian woman was shown shopping for groceries and other household necessities in a widely shared video.
Mabel, a TikTok user, claimed she visited the New Market in Artisan Enugu and made purchases there for her needs at home.
She parked her car after arriving at the market with her sister and then went to various areas to purchase the food and supplies.
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