NBS says 85.2% of households use estimated billing
24 October 2024 |
1:33 am
The Nigeria Residential Energy Demand-Side Survey 2024 has revealed that about 85 per cent of Nigerian households use an estimated billing system, while only 15 per cent have prepaid meters.
67.8% cook with firewood, 19.4% with LPG
The Nigeria Residential Energy Demand-Side Survey 2024 has revealed that about 85 per cent of Nigerian households use an estimated billing system, while only 15 per cent have prepaid meters.
The new survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Power (FMP), Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), International Energy Agency (IEA) and European Union (EU), also revealed that a Nigerian household spent at least N4,155.8 monthly on electricity.
It also shows that Nigerian households spend over N600 billion yearly on fuel wood and collect 30 billion kilogrammes of fuel wood yearly. Covering nine states across the six geopolitical zones, the survey also shows that between 2020 and 2024, the number of households connected to the national grid increased by just three per cent, from 55 per cent in 2020 to 58 per cent in 2024.
“Over 58 per cent of households are connected to the national grid across the nine states surveyed, and 86.6 per cent had electricity supply during the reference period,” it noted.
The survey further reports that an estimated 67.8 per cent of households used firewood for domestic, agricultural, commercial, cultural or religious purposes, 22 per cent used charcoal and 19.4 per cent of households reported using Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
The households spend an average of N10,239 across the surveyed states. Presenting the findings of the survey, the Statistician General of the Federation, Adeyemi Adeniran, said the report was coming at a critical period in Nigeria, when energy demand, usage and pricing were major topics of discussion in recent years.
He said the insights contained in the report provided sound evidence for policymakers, operators and the public to apply in the discussions, even as the government seeks better outcomes for the energy sector.
“Access to reliable and affordable energy is a fundamental human right and a cornerstone of economic growth,” he said.
“The residential sector, which encompasses our homes, informal household businesses and communities, is a major consumer of energy. Understanding the patterns, trends and challenges within this sector is essential for developing effective policies and strategies to meet the nation’s energy needs.”
Earlier in her goodwill message, a member of the EU delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Inga Stefanowicz, commended the NBS for conducting the survey.
She said one of the most striking aspects of the report was the staggering amount of over N600 billion Nigerian households spend yearly on fuel wood, the yearly expenditure on fuel wood and the volume of wood, which is close to 30 billion kilogrammes cut and used as fuel yearly in Nigeria.
“Those are alternative means of achieving access to energy that have a significant negative impact on forests, causing deforestation, environmental degradation on health.
“Then when we look at the fact that we also see that most of them are in urban areas, and given the unreliability of the grid, they are also relying on petrol and then diesel, for which the yearly expenditure we are learning is almost N330 billion for the households in Nigeria. So, we see the weight that it has on people, on the economy, on health on nature, climate, across many sectors.”
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