Studies on healthy living, especially dieting, have scaled up the liking for fruits among persons living in metropolitan cities like Lagos.
Thus, before stocking their homes with foodstuff either weekly or monthly, a good number of Lagosians consider what markets to visit since fruits are gradually topping their food lists.
Well, below is a compilation of fruit markets where they can get their favourites at affordable prices.
Iyana-Iba Market
Most people who live close to the Mile 2-Badagry Expressway are very conversant with this market. Here, you can almost eat the fruits with your eyes. Watermelon, mango, cucumber, coconut, pineapple and other seasonal fruits are mostly available in this spot and guess what, at affordable prices. Why? The fruits are mostly sold by northerners.
Ketu Market
It is a sprawling open-air market particularly known for discounted household items, including foodstuff, vegetables, pepper and of course, fruits.
Things are fairly cheap in this market because it is not far from Mile 12, where fruit, pepper and all fruit ingredients are sold.
Mile 12 Market
The market consists of traders from different ethnic groups in Nigeria: Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Kanuri, Ibibio, Fulani, Efik, Edo, Igala, Idoma, and Ebira, just to mention a few. It is most populated with Hausa because most vegetables come from the north.
All food items that are grown in tropical Africa can be found there, including vegetables, fruits, anything related to salad, tomatoes, pepper, onions, yam, yam flour, palm oils, livestock, fresh and cheap perishables, and other numerous edible food items and non-edible items sold there.
Oyingbo Market
This market is located in the Yaba axis along with its sister market at Iddo. Established during the early 1920s as a depot for agricultural produce, the market gradually expanded due to developments around the area.
Fruits of various kinds are sold in the market by women who are ready to bargain as monopoly is not a factor here.
Oshodi Market
This market is located in Oshodi, a suburb of Lagos state. It is one of the largest markets in the state. The market was established in 1860 when Nigeria was under British colonial rule to support its slave trade activities.
Prices of commodities in this market are also relatively cheap, some people prefer Oshodi Market to Idumota and all other Lagos Island markets. You are sure to find different fruits from various sections of this market.
