Ibadan is still one of cheapest towns Nigeria from renting to eating at a buka. A guy once ate 3 wraps of eba for N10 per wrap, no meat. That is 0.25c for d meal. PH is legendary as the most expensive city in Nigeria.

dayokanu:

You are talking about per plate meals, I am talking about Pay as you go meals

even with pay as you go,you may still end up spending #200 to #300 cuz you may likely eat 2 or more eba.

have you seen how small a wrap can be ?

KnowAll:

Ibadan is still one of cheapest towns Nigeria from renting to eating at a buka. A guy once ate 3 wraps of eba for N10 per wrap, no meat. That is 0.25c for d meal. PH is legendary as the most expensive city in Nigeria.

Let me break it down.Half kilo of raw chicken goes for 350 Naira.Smallest single onion goes for 50 Naira.A cup of rice,Smallest size of tin tomatoe.This will serve as a meal for two.Do the maths and you will get at least 2.5 dollar for this incomplete diet.

how does ur neighbor in village pay for food? i guess there are mr biggs and chicken republic outlets in your village as well? about 60% of Nigerians still live in villages

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how does your neighbor in village pay for food? i guess there are mr biggs and chicken republic outlets in your village as well? about 60% of Nigerians still live in villages

people spend less in villages because they produce most of what they eat by themselves.if a full chicken cost #1200 in mr biggs,the same man in the

village that rears chicken can also afford to eat a full chicken if he likes.

People need to stop pushing this myth that those who live in the village produce much of what they eat. That is NOT TRUE. I have been to many villages, and like every other community out there, many who live in these places have to work to get money with which to feed themselves. This idea that everyone in the village is a farmer of some sort is BULL.

people spend less in villages because they produce most of what they eat by themselves.if a full chicken cost #1200 in mr biggs,the same man in the

village that rears chicken can also afford to eat a full chicken if he likes

This has not been my expedience. A live chicken raised by a village farmer this Xmas sold for N1600 while a fully cooked chicken cost about N1800 at some food outlets in big in cities across Naija. So a villager who earns less is paying more given that a live chicken costs almost the same as a fully cooked one. Not everyone in the village is a farmer who is able to feed his/her family, many of them are poor, processed and finished goods are much more expensive in the village, a bag of rice is more expensive in the village; kerosene is more expensive than petrol- feeding might be cheaper, but the quality of food is a no match to what u might get in cities,

Are you saying the cost of living in the rural areas is higher than the urban areas ?

Villagers pay almost as much as those in cities for their food stuff. I don't see people running off to the nearest village when there is food shortage, or news of high prices . . .lol

Abagworo:

Let me break it down.Half kilo of raw chicken goes for 350 Naira.

Damn. That is very expensive, no?

700 naira per kilo. 2.2 pounds per kilo. 150 N to dollar. So $2.12 per pound?

I see it listed for $1.29-$1.52/pound at my local Safeway:
http://shop.safeway.com/superstore/

Port Harcourt is an expensive place. Food prices are outrageous there.

I prefer the little eateries in Owerri.

Enugu can be expensive as well.

So is this N700/kilo Abagworo cited just specific to PH? How much does chicken cost elsewhere in Nigeria?

I'm kind of surprised it is so damn expensive. I guess most chicken in Nigeria is going to be free-range, which raises the costs somewhat (perhaps substantially.) But the differential seems quite high, at least using this figure he provided.

why do most people assume that so many people in Nigeria cannot afford a mere $7?

That is over hyped.

Even people in the villages- the woman who fried akara, the woman who sells firewood, etc, may not afford to eat $7 at a single meal, but ask her how much he/she makes on her akara frying business, you will be surprised. Ask her how much she spends on her kids per month from her business, you will be shocked.

How much do they charge their mobile phones per day? Common.

Port Harcourt is an expensive place. Food prices are outrageous there.

I prefer the little eateries in Owerri.

Enugu can be expensive as well.

In PH u pay top dollar for crap facility. The houses you rent for top dollar are crap, u would be lucky if u can get to buy land less than N15 MILLION in PH. Everyting in that town is over-hyped and riduculously expensive.

KnowAll:



In PH u pay top dollar for crap facility. The houses you rent for top dollar are crap.

Very true but in terms of food,I think the high price is widespread across the entire South.

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Was in Uzuakoli (Abia State) over the weekend and we decided to go to a Palmie bar for some natural palmie and some bush meat. Even in Uzuakoli which can't be called an urban area in some respect, the price of bush meat was so high that we ended up having less than what we intended to have. This myth about things being cheap in the villages has got to stop please.

BTW, anybody from Uzuakoli on this forum? What is with the palmie at the joint called IYO'O that everyone warned us not to take more than one bottle if we must be lucid enough drive ourselves back to PH?

@Ikamefa,na Dover Deportation centre u dey. Honestly,i ll see u there next week when on shift.

Dude, you won even better

I paid £8 for a rice and chicken at muritala airpot lagos. . .
It was the worst rice i ever tasted!. . It was a small take away plate!. . . The chicken tasted horrible. . i was lamenting that i didnt listen to my mum. she asked me jejely to take some food with me form home. . .

lalaboi:

Dude, you won even better

I paid £8 for a rice and chicken at muritala airpot lagos. . .
It was the worst rice i ever tasted!. . It was a small take away plate!. . . The chicken tasted horrible. . i was lamenting that i didnt listen to my mum. she asked me jejely to take some food with me form home. . .

Ah!!! U made that same mistake? I found out too late and the hardest of ways that you don't leave ur tummy to the vagaries of those glorified bukas at the MMIA. I'd rather buy Agoyin beans from a seller at Oshodi and take it with me to the airport than to try that nonsense ever again.

For those of us in PHC, there is this place down Aggrey Road, and they only do swallow. You fit die on top the food cos the price is unbelievably low and of good quality too. Try a delicacy called CENTRE BONE, and you'll be hooked for life.

@OP
y u dey complain, if u cant afford it walk away, must you eat in chicken republic. Is it a social welfare organization ?

@Op
That cud not ve been upto $3 meal even after u might ve devoured to that remainder level

You guys should stop blowing this over.

These take away centres are not where the typical Nigerians goes to eat. Lets equate it


$7 = £4.50, that is what I would expect to pay @ Mc-Donalds or Burger King.

So the price is not that bad. I found that Chicken in Nigeria is generally more expensive than the UK, dont ask me why, but it is

monkeyleg:


So the price is not that bad. I found that Chicken in Nigeria is generally more expensive than the UK, dont ask me why, but it is

Upon all the local fowl wey full everywhere,

this guy funny o he don eat pass helf of food even the chicken he don flirt am the average you go buy food IS with $7

Hmmmm


Time bomb!

I did not know why the OP would have to spend $7 on a meal that is not even sufficient enough when you can spend the same amount on 3 of your guys with bottle water (don't forget) that people around you would think you are yahoo boys if you visit a decent local meal centre.

sey u come bellefu after choppin that yeye chicken, i del laugh

eku_bear:

Damn. That is very expensive, no?

700 naira per kilo. 2.2 pounds per kilo. 150 N to dollar. So $2.12 per pound?

I see it listed for $1.29-$1.52/pound at my local Safeway:
http://shop.safeway.com/superstore/

Not possible in Britain. $7 is nothing here. 4.50 pounds? Just 2-piece chicken I guess.

i think the op is being mischievious.

he already ate half the meal.

10 dollars should b about 1k5 in naira abi?go to mama put n buy ogufe n amala wif 1k5, u go chop sotey dem go need carry u comot dere ni!!!!lmao, u go vomit sef,

One full breakfast meal at McDonalds in the UK is almost £5.00 - how much is that in Naira and dollars?

Why are people talking biggie about $7?