NEXT conducted a citywide online survey of people with both low and high incomes to find out about Lagosians’ cost of living. A hundred participants of different professions such as teachers, electricians, lawyers, beauty therapists, and business people. Lagosians who live and work in Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Ikeja, Apapa, Lekki, Yaba, Agbado-Ijaiye, Surulere, Maryland, Ogba, Iju-Agege, Magado, Gbagada, and Oworonsoki were asked how they spent money. A number of apparent factors — food, household expenses, transportation, communication, health care, and expenditure on recreation—were associated with expenditure.

[B]Results[/B]

Many participants said that they spent between N5,000 and N10,000 on food each week. Others said they spent considerably more. One participant, a banker living in Agege, explained how she copes with the high food prices. . .

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