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But with two recent increases in October, Nigerians are now paying market prices for fuel for the first time in three decades.

The country’s central bank has reported that nearly half of families who rent at market prices are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

"There’s a history of growers in Vietnam being fickle in response to market price fluctuations, overcommitting, and then flooding the market with quantities of their new crop," Mr Firth says.

“The new plane, bought far below the market price, saves Nigeria huge maintenance and fuel costs, running into millions of dollars yearly,” the statement read in part.

The personal prices received by the drivers could differ significantly from each other, but were almost always lower than the market prices.