According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), firewood is used for cooking in 67.8% of Nigerian homes across nine states.

According to the research, “The 2024 Nigeria Residential Energy Demand-Side Survey (NREDSS),” which was published yesterday, around 41% of homes still bought fuel wood even after switching to cooking gas.

According to NBS, just 18.9% of families employed various methods including bartering, giving, borrowing, etc., whereas over 41% of households reported buying fuel wood, with cutting/collection coming in second at 39.0%.

Branches, stems, and trees make up more than half of the fuel wood that households cut or gather.

“The findings show that branches, stems, and trees accounted for 55.3% of the fuel wood that was cut or collected, and that 67.8% of households used fuel wood for commercial, cultural, religious, or domestic uses.”

Additionally, one in five homes (22.0 percent) reported using charcoal during the reference period, according to the poll.

According to NBS, just 0.3 and 0.6 percent of families who used charcoal obtained it via their own manufacture, while the remaining 21.6 percent obtained it through other sources.

Furthermore, the findings indicate that during the reference period, 19.4% of households reported utilising liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG.

Accordingly, around one out of every five families uses LPG.

“Across the states surveyed, the average monthly expenditure on LPG was N10,239.7.”

Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Ekiti, Oyo, Enugu, Kwara, Plateau, Kano, and Sokoto States were all included in the poll, according to NBS.