It costs N1,255 to eat per day in Nigeria – NBS

It costs an adult N858 to eat healthy per day - NBS

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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed the National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) per adult a day stood at N1,255 in August 2024. The NBS revealed this in its CoHD report for August 2024 released on Thursday in Abuja.

The bureau said that the CoHD in August decreased by 0.8 per cent compared to the N1,265 recorded in July. The NBS said the CoHD was the least expensive combination of locally available items that met globally consistent food-based dietary guidelines.

It said it was used as a measure of physical and economic access to healthy diets.

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