decline of 16.22 percentage points from two terms as Governor of the 33.21 per cent recorded in May 2025. Continued from pg.1 Rivers State and his service The NBS report further revealed variations as Minister of Transpor- inflationary pressures over the past year. in inflation trends between urban and rural areas. Food prices remained a major driv- tation, where he oversaw Urban inflation stood at 16.07 per cent er of inflation during the review pe- major railway and trans- on a year-on-year basis in May, reflecting riod, although the pace of increase port infrastructure projects. stronger pr…