Around 15%

hakeem4:
Good day guys, I am actually taking a survey and I’m using Nairaland since it represents the view of the average Nigerian.

As for me I spend 30-25% of my monthly income on feeding only; maybe because I’m a bachelor and I do not cook.


How many percent of your income do you allocate for feeding in a month

You spend 25-30%.. Not 30-25%.

30%

nonstan:


I love reading intelligent comment, nice one!!

There in nothing intelligent about that answer, this is why we fail literature in school. The op never asked how much should be used, but how much you personally spend. So his answer should not have been generalised.

70%

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Pierocash:
There is no particular percentage that can be used,it depends on how much you earn.

Someone earning 100k can decide to use 25% of his earning. But someone earning 1m cannot use 25%,that is too much for feeding. What of someone earning 30k ,will 25% feed him a month?

It all depends on how much you earn. One person 5% for feeding can be too much for feeding,while another person's 50% can't even feed him for a week.

30k

Philipponzaghi:
5%.

That covers eating and drinking for the month.

Oshe. Bros connect me nah.

Make I bring my aza while you consider me fah, oh Boss.

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SIR ONLY NIGERIAN WHO KNOW NOT TO SPEND ALL THEIR MONEY and is not. our culture to spend wise

Pierocash:
There is no particular percentage that can be used,it depends on how much you earn.

Someone earning 100k can decide to use 25% of his earning. But someone earning 1m cannot use 25%,that is too much for feeding. What of someone earning 30k ,will 25% feed him a month?

It all depends on how much you earn. One person 5% for feeding can be too much for feeding,while another person's 50% can't even feed him for a week.

I so much like this logic, the cost of consumable goods are the same, few differences between rich & poor when It comes to food. So even when a Man earns 1M, he would still likely spend below 5% on food.

Conclusion is, to save more, you need to earn more & not depriving yourself of good food. Come thing like Gurumaraji

70% goes to feeding, I no dey use food play

DeSepiero:


Question is
How much do you use?
Not how much should be used.
For me, it's about 15%.

Judging by this, your Salary is around 400k.

Hmm!

I spend 5% Of my income for Clothing's and shoes , 5% on feeding/wine , 70% on savings and 20% on investment back Into my business

As a family man with 5kids I appropriate 70percent for feeding, cos kids daily menu differs from adults. For instance kids would have noodles, pap, sliced bread, Milo, milk, crates of egg, lunch box, biscuit, fresh yo, ribena, sma gold, nan 3 etc, while adults can take dogs and one week old soup at any time of the day. know why, cos I don't send adults my kids first.

Na oversense dey worry you

80%
Less than that 2 years back

One variable economist use to categorise countries into developed and developing is


The proportion of income spent on feeding


It's higher in the developing world


Check how much it would require of you to buy chicken, milk, cereals, sea food etc on a regular basis monthly

Even when u don't buy them regularly, feeding still takes a large share

nonstan:


I love reading intelligent comment, nice one!!

What is intelligent about his comment?
Op asked "what percentage of your salary do you use for feeding monthly"
And not "what percentage should be used for feeding monthly"
Everyone should just give theirs and move,no need for that unnecessary explanation

Pearly255:
Less than 2%


Trying to lose weight on a serious note

Arrrghh good ooh but may ulcer no catch u ooh

Pierocash:
There is no particular percentage that can be used,it depends on how much you earn.

Someone earning 100k can decide to use 25% of his earning. But someone earning 1m cannot use 25%,that is too much for feeding. What of someone earning 30k ,will 25% feed him a month?

It all depends on how much you earn. One person 5% for feeding can be too much for feeding,while another person's 50% can't even feed him for a week.

You don’t understand the question. Percentage still applies irrespective of your earning.

If you earn N100,000 and spend N25,000 on food...that’s 25%.
If however you earn N1,000,000 and still spend N25,000...that’s 2.5% of your earning on food.

It doesn’t matter how much you earn, as long as eat whether it be restaurant, mama put or you buy food stuffs and cook at home, a certain percentage of your earnings still go to feeding.

classicfrank4u:


What is intelligent about his comment?
Op asked "what percentage of your salary do you use for feeding monthly"
And not "what percentage should be used for feeding monthly"
Everyone should just give theirs and move,no need for that unnecessary explanation

I’m surprised he called that intelligent.

nonstan:


I love reading intelligent comment, nice one!!

He actually missed the point. The thread is a survey that’s trying to capture how much an average Nairalander spends on food monthly. This will give the op an idea of the financial status of the people here vis-à-vis their disposable income.

emmaodet:
Less than 5% for a family of 4

Dat means your salary is huge...

hakeem4:
Good day guys, I am actually taking a survey and I’m using Nairaland since it represents the view of the average Nigerian.

As for me I spend 30-25% of my monthly income on feeding only; maybe because I’m a bachelor and I do not cook.


How many percent of your income do you allocate for feeding in a month

I spend 30% on feeding for a family of 3..

wisdomiskey:


Keep it that way bros and avoid getting married at all costs..

but if you do fall victim to the scam that marriage is, make sure your wife is solely responsible for providing feeding allowance.
That way, you are free to handle the rent and other bills.

Marriage is not a scam na.. lolls...And why will your wife be solely involved in feeding the house? to me it doesn't sound right

Donlino123:

Marriage is not a scam na.. lolls...And why will your wife be solely involved in feeding the house? to me it doesn't sound right

But it sounds right for you as the man to pay rent, bills, school fees, househelp, feeding allowance and still give your wife money to fix her hair and nails. After which she will ask you to join her in the kitchen alongside the househelp ..as per "equality" tinzz

Marriage is not a scam at all

shankara7:
As a bachelor back then I was spending 2k daily.

na big man you be o

ofiko123:
I don't allocate I just eat when I am hungry...

same boat. But I want to change in 2021, I need a precise figure so I will know what I am saving and manage the allocated percent till month end make man nor go beg

wisdomiskey:


But it sounds right for you as the man to pay rent, bills, school fees, househelp, feeding allowance and still give your wife money to fix her hair and nails. After which she will ask you to join her in the kitchen alongside the househelp ..as per "equality" tinzz

Marriage is not a scam at all

pls let's try to make sense and just so you know, it's not everyday you fight about gender. Try dey rest, person dey die, try put this energy into something productive. And I haven't seen a woman who have everything being paid for her including house help asking her husband to come assist in house chores, let's be realistic. How many husbands in nigeria are even able to afford all these on their own? Abi nor be this Nigeria when we dey?

nonstan:


I love reading intelligent comment, nice one!!

He failed the question. the question again; "How Many Percent Of Your Income Do You Allocate For Feeding In A Month?" what the person you quoted wrote doesn't answer the question.