Cost of a Healthy Diet rises 27% to N1,611/day

By Elizabeth AdegbesanThe Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) rose by 27.3 percent year-on-year, YoY, to N1,611 per adult per day in July 2025 from N1,265 per adult per day in July 2024.The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its CoHD report for July 2025.The NBS said: “The national average Cost of a Healthy Diet was N1,611 per adult per day in July 2025.“At the state level, Ekiti, Bayelsa and Imo States recorded the highest costs with N2,663, N2,352 and N2,235 resp