Economic Hardship: Iced water returns as price of sachet water sky rockets
By: Abara Blessing Oluchi
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 || Nigeria,
Iced water in transparent nylon bags is now being sold in the country following the hike in the prices of sachet water due to inflation.
A woman in a park in Ibadan was spotted selling 2 nylon bags of iced water for N50.
People in the park were intrigued and brought out their phones to film.
This comes as a bag containing 20 sachets of water, which used to be sold for N150 just months ago, is now being sold for an average of N350. A single sachet, which used to sell for N10, is reportedly now N50.
The sale of iced water stopped years ago due to the affordability of sachet water. However, it has now made a comeback.