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Cost of healthy diet in Nigeria drops in August – NBS

The national average Healthy Diet (CoHD) cost was N1,255 in August 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.

In its “Cost of a Healthy Diet August 2024” report published on Thursday, the statistics office said this shows a decline of 0.8 per cent when compared to the amount recorded in the previous month (July 2024, was N1,265).

The bureau said in August 2024, the average CoHD was highest in the South-west at N1,554 per adult per day, compared to N1.014 per adult per day in the North-west.

The report said CoHD is the least expensive combination of locally available items that meet globally consistent food-based dietary guidelines.

It explained that it measures physical and economic access to healthy diets. It said this is a lower bound (or floor) of the cost per adult per day, excluding transportation and meal preparation costs.