THINGS AVERAGE NIGERIAN HOUSEHOLD BUYS MONTHLY-SURVEY REPORT.

In the third wave of household survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2015 and 2016, respondents across the country were asked to indicate things they spent money on one month before the survey.

According to the report released last week by NBS the findings from their responses was revealing.

A total of 98.1% of respondents said they bought vegetables making this item the most commonly consumed across the country.

Broken down into respondents by the six geopolitical zones, 99.9% of households in South East bought vegetables followed by 99.6% in the South South; 98% in North West; 97.4% in South West and 96.4% in North Central.

Following vegetables were grains and flour (97.8% of National respondents); soap and washing powder (90.6%); meat,fish and animal products (90.4%) and Recharge cards (78.3%).

However, in terms of recalled amount spent, recharge cards led the pack of all household choice expenses within the month before the survey.

The national mean spent was N17,413 on recharge cards. Leading spenders by zone were South West where 89.9% of responding households spent N23564 within the period.

This was followed by South South where 84.2% of households spent N23,579; North Central where 72.6% responding households spent N17,151; North East with N11,460 by 64.3% of households and North West N10,016 by 65.1% of households.

One product on which so much was spent by so few of the households was petrol. On the average only 27.8% of responding households nationwide spent directly on petrol but they spent about N11,710 within one month to the survey period.

In sharp contrast, 60.1% of households spent a mean of N5878 on Kerosene.

Also 32.7% of responding households spent average of N7080 on electricity with South West; South East and South South being the leading zones both in terms of percentage household and mean spent.

The survey was conducted by NBS in collaboration with the World Bank's Living standards measurement study (LSMS) team post planting and post harvest seasons in 2015 and 2016 as follow up to the one conducted in 2012 and 2013.

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