The 2022 Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently, says that 94 per cent of the Nigerian population does not have access to clean cooking fuels.
The percentage of the population that has access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking increased from 11 per cent in 2018 to 15 per cent in 2020. Also, in terms of electricity access, about 85 million people do not have access to grid electricity; meagerly improving from 56.5 per cent in 2018 to 55.4 per cent in 2020.
According to the report, poor and vulnerable households in Abia, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Ekiti, Enugu, and Kogi states are 100 per cent deprived of clean cooking fuels. This means that all PVHHs in these states, cook their meals with dung, charcoal, and firewood.
In the NBS report, it was stated that poor and vulnerable households in Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Cross River, Delta, Kwara, Niger, and Osun are 99 per cent deprived of access to clean cooking fuels.
In Ebonyi, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Imo, and Kano 98 per cent of poor and vulnerable households are deprived of access to clean cooking fuels.
Poor and vulnerable households in two states are 89 per cent deprived of access to clean cooking fuels.
These states are Nasarawa and Zamfara. Meanwhile, poor and vulnerable households in Kebbi state are 88 per cent deprived of access to clean cooking fuels.
The October 2022 data from the NBS shows that as of September 2022, some Nigerians paid as much as N10,000 for a single refill of 12.5kg LPG cooking gas, meanwhile, in September 2021, Nigerians paid an average of N6,164.97 for the same service.
The same report also shows that the average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of LPG increased by 0.40 per cent to N4,474.48 in September 2022 from N4,456.56 in August 2022.
