Bakers on strike in Nigeria

The cost of living is rising in Nigeria

For about 50 US cents you would normally be able to get a decent breakfast of bread and eggs in northern Nigeria's Kano state. It’s a staple food for the nine million people living in the state.

They’re serviced by tea sellers hawking on every corner. But that trade is under threat. Bakers in the state are on the second day of a strike protesting the rising cost of flour - which has shot up by 30%. 

Prices of every day commodities are increasing because the government has restricted access to foreign currency, making it difficult to import goods. 

Both the livelihoods of the tea sellers and their customers are now threatened by the strike. 

While it continues, many will have to go without their usual hearty breakfast.