LoveLeadsLand:
I have a question: Why is the Christian South always more expensive than the Muslim North?

Without being bias
1. Development
2. Security
3. High cost of food importations
4. Better Education

jamalnation:
100% Disagree
All these cooked up misinformation you call statistics
Clearly some people over at Nairametrics are on illegal and cheap substances
Kogi most expensive state how come?

I was surprised too. Same Kogi you can eat rice with 2 meats for less than 1,000 naira.

Akara #300 and pap #150 don full stomach

Recently got a 3 bed room flat at Idah for #350k with in built room heater, borehole and four over head tanks and security in GRA. This report is crap.

jamalnation:
100% Disagree
All these cooked up misinformation you call statistics
Clearly some people over at Nairametrics are on illegal and cheap substances
Kogi most expensive state how come?

Abuja come go where

jamalnation:
100% Disagree
All these cooked up misinformation you call statistics
Clearly some people over at Nairametrics are on illegal and cheap substances
Kogi most expensive state how come?

Lol u no know Wetin Dey sup for kogi 😂

manutdrichie:
What about FCT?

Bros FCT is not a state abegi

LoveLeadsLand:
Out of the 10 states, 2 are in the North while 8 are in the South. Out of the 8 in the South, 4 are in the South-west, 2 in the South-East, and 2 in the South-South. Out of the 2 states in the North, 1 is in the North-Central and 1 in the North-West.


Source: Nairametrics

This na lie oo, Kogi ke? That I've been since January?


Haba, I don't agree with this

LoveLeadsLand:
Out of the 10 states, 2 are in the North while 8 are in the South. Out of the 8 in the South, 4 are in the South-west, 2 in the South-East, and 2 in the South-South. Out of the 2 states in the North, 1 is in the North-Central and 1 in the North-West.


Source: Nairametrics

Not complete, Ekiti should be in that list

Bigman02:


Lol u no know Wetin Dey sup for kogi 😂

Oga I left Lagos early January and have been in lokoja. How much I'm I spending in lokoja. How many people are spending 8k/day in lkj. I stayed in zango n come to baptist everyday. How much am I spending. With rice of 500 naira I'm ok in lkj. So what r u saying go n stay in Lagos n compare. There is no day I don't spend 8k in Lagos on transport n feeding.

How much is fruit in lkj, the other place I agree with is Akure. That place too is expensive

Samunique:
I was going to ask about Imo state, you see that state is damn too expensive .

Imo State, Abia, Enugu, ANAMBRA are crazily expensive.

That of Enugu is like a curse mingled with hostility.....

Anambra, Edo, Ebonyi states feed Enugu State

LoveLeadsLand:
Out of the 10 states, 2 are in the North while 8 are in the South. Out of the 8 in the South, 4 are in the South-west, 2 in the South-East, and 2 in the South-South. Out of the 2 states in the North, 1 is in the North-Central and 1 in the North-West.


Source: Nairametrics

SMH.

EdiskyHarry:
I'm from Akwa ibom.
AKWA IBOM is only big on paper and on the internet.

Nothing is working here, apart from worship centers, big hotels, beautiful stadiums and 10 lanes roads, human capital development here is zero, unemployment is very high, and the government is doing nothing about it.
But you will see ignorant Akwa ibomites bragging about having the best worship centers, stadiums and hotel in Nigeria.
You can quote me and insult me, but I must let people know this bitter truth.

That's interesting.

The Akwa Ibom government has to do more in creating value addition to crops and other resources and bring in sustainable tech jobs in the number 1 oil-producing state in Nigeria. Same with Bayelsa which is the number 1 gas-producing state in Nigeria.

slaawomirr:
Damnnn niggar

This list is so funny and unrealistic

Where is Edo state

You can't live in Edo state anymore especially in Benin city
Things are too expensive


I blame nairaland mods for always throwing anything on front page

They don't do investigations

Bro Benin are money sucking demons

They won finish themselves not me for this uniben

Akinpresident:


If you are sensible, you'd have seen that I said it could probably be because of no work to do and and govt is not doing anything that impacts people directly.

This your gutter attitude will put you in trouble one day.

who cares

Ekiti State must be there

. Error upon error

I don't believe this.
What is the criteria for the rankings?

easzypeaszy:
Hahahahahahaha u fit spend 80k for trnsport monthly to work for Rivers?
U fit leave for a room of 90k per year wey na Nylon una dey use poo go towey as toilet no dey?
U dey play wt Lagos abi
In Lagos u can live der for 10yrs and not knwin more dan ur office to ur house reason be say dey no dey run 2tins togthr fr Lagos
Nigeria movies don wash all of una head thinkin Lagos is som heaven...Even VGC no get water for cookin...dey play

Adding VGC to that list makes your argument false. VGC remains the only organized and planned town with pipe borne water in the whole of Lekki.

BigBlackPreek:
Rivers should be number 1 on the list. a zinc house per room here goes for nothing less than 70k

I have live in in pH and Aba, Aba is more expensive to live In than in pH
House rent is about the same
Food is more expensive in Aba than pH
Building materials more expensive in Aba than pH
Etc

DeLaRue:


1. On average, there's more money chasing after goods in the South thus keeping prices up.

2. Southerners have a higher profit expectation. The average hausa person is happy to sell things for a 10% profit. In the South, you need a profit of 20% or above to survive because most things are more expensive here.

3. As for food, Northerners take to farming more readily, hence food is cheaper there.

Sadly, the average Southern youth is not interested in farming. He would rather be wearing tight jeans up and down, displaying unnecessary anger and rudeness on social media, blaming government for everything under the sun and demanding that govt subsidise every aspect of his life, making references to 'in the abroad' or 'in a sane climate' despite never stepping foot outside Nigeria, and generally deluding himself about his place in society and the world.

There you go.

Now I expect abuse from the usual suspects.

Lol... Succinctly put.

LoveLeadsLand:
I have a question: Why is the Christian South always more expensive than the Muslim North?

The Christian South is more prosperous than the Muslim North. Prosperous cities/regions tend to have high living costs.

Tommydare:
Where una dey see all these rubbish statistics. Oyo is arguably cheapest state to live in the whole of Southern Nigeria.

That cannot be true. Have you been to every state across Southern Nigeria?

Nicepoker:
So the entire north is filed with Muslim and the whole south filled with Christians.

It is hinged on the majority. The south is Christian-dominated, and opposite in the north. That is the reason behind those phrases - Christian South and Muslim North.

In the future, it will be the Islamic Republic of Nigeria.

IyaTola:
This is one of the most expensive states to live in Nigeria despite the huge oil revenue.

To be fair, oil revenue doesn't mean the place would be less expensive to live in.

Saintinoo:


Nairamatrics should go and sleep, not just sit in Lagos and assume data. Bauchi state is one of the cheapest state in Nigeria.

Pure water is still sold for #10 in Bauchi, yes you heard that well, a room and parlour is around 80-120k in Bauchi. A bottle of coca cola is 170 in Bauchi. Bauchi should be in the top 3 most cheapest state to live in.

What kind of jobs pay at least 100K to an entry-level graduate in the state? How many of those jobs are available?

adanonso:
I lived in Ondo and I live in Anambra. Food is very expensive in Anambra compared to Owo Ondo State. Though am in Anambra, I still buy some food in Owo Ondo State, food like garri, and some fruits. The size of plantain and banana I bought for 4k here in Nnewi is bought at 1k in owo. So once I see anybody coming from Owo, I buy foods there.

Ondo has land to indulge in agriculture than Anambra. That is where Kogi, Edo and Delta should come - cultivate and process agricultural products for consumers in Anambra.

successman100:
Rubbish data.
Kogi is pure Agriculture next door to Benue state.
Kogi and Benue state and Jos plateau are all food Baskets.
You that have not travel out of your state before, is here writing nonsense.
Am not surprised because, your dail meat is pomo (or cow hides).
No protein in your body.
If you see yam in Kogi, you will run.

So, how do farmers cope with Fulani herdsmen and kidnappers who are plenty in those states?

bitbillionaire:


Well, apart from fish, cassava, and some vegetables, I don't think there is any food you eat in the south that doesn't come from the desert North. As paradoxical as that may sound

When you mean "north" in reference to his question concerning Christian South and Muslim North, the food products from the north which are consumed in the south come from the North Central - which is roughly divided between Christians and Muslims.

jrobbins:


I was surprised too. Same Kogi you can eat rice with 2 meats for less than 1,000 naira.

Akara #300 and pap #150 don full stomach

Recently got a 3 bed room flat at Idah for #350k with in built room heater, borehole and four over head tanks and security in GRA. This report is crap.

What kind of jobs pay at least 100K per month to entry level graduates in Kogi?

DeLaRue:


1.

Sadly, the average Southern youth is not interested in farming. He would rather be wearing tight jeans up and down, displaying unnecessary anger and rudeness on social media, blaming government for everything under the sun and demanding that govt subsidise every aspect of his life, making references to 'in the abroad' or 'in a sane climate' despite never stepping foot outside Nigeria, and generally deluding himself about his place in society and the world.

Yet the south is more prosperous and safer than the north. Global economics and trade have shown that regions with high agriculture GDP/employment ratio tend to be poorer.

Gerrard59:


What kind of jobs pay at least 100K per month to entry level graduates in Kogi?

Money dey here o, na if you know, you know.

Gerrard59:


What kind of jobs pay at least 100K to an entry-level graduate in the state? How many of those jobs are available?

The post is about the most expensive states to live in Nigeria, not the state with the highest paying entry level jobs.

Saintinoo:


The post is about the most expensive states to live in Nigeria, not the state with the highest paying entry level jobs.

Bauchi is cheap because there are no good jobs that offer career progression for young graduates. That is the reality. Should Bauchi become like Ogun, it would become expensive as many people will troop into the state.