At least 65.8% of Nigerian households were unable to access healthy, nutritious, or preferred foods in the past 30 days due to financial constraints.
This is according to the General Household Survey-Panel Wave 5 (2023/2024) conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), supported by the World Bank.
The report reveals that 63.8% of households relied on a limited variety of foods, while 62.4% expressed concerns about insufficient food availability.
Furthermore, 60.5% of households reported consuming less food than necessary, with 12.3% indicating that at least one member of the household went an entire day without eating.
Notably, 20.8% of households resorted to borrowing food or seeking assistance from friends and relatives to meet their basic nutritional needs.
Approximately two out of three households (65.8 per cent) reported being unable to eat healthy, nutritious, or preferred foods because of lack of money in the last 30 days. 63.8 per cent of households ate only a few kinds of food due to lack of money, 62.4 per cent were worried about not having enough food to eat, and 60.5 per cent ate less than they thought they should.
NBS
Furthermore, 12.3 per cent reported that at least one person in the household went without eating for a whole day, and 20.8 per cent of households had to borrow food or rely on help from friends or relatives.
