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The average cost of preparing a pot of jollof rice in Nigeria has increased to ₦27,527.85, according to a new report by SBM Intelligence.

The report, released on Wednesday, showed that the price rose by 153 per cent between March 2023 and June 2025.

According to SBM, the increase is affecting all major ingredients including rice, protein, pepper, onions and vegetable oil.

“From late 2023 through mid-2025, the Index recorded a dramatic surge, with the national average cost of preparing a pot of jollof rice rising by 153 per cent between March 2023 and June 2025, reaching ₦27,527.85,” the report stated.

The report titled The SBM Jollof Index Q2 2025: The Crushing Cost of a Pot said food inflation is now moving differently from the country’s overall inflation trend, which shows deeper problems in the food supply system.
Abuja records sharpest increase.

In Abuja, the cost of jollof rice rose from ₦4,095 in 2016 to ₦32,125 in June 2025. The increase became more serious after 2021, as prices doubled between 2021 and 2023.

“This period aligns with substantial inflationary pressures across Nigeria and, specifically, Abuja. In July 2016, Nigeria’s annual inflation hit 17.1 per cent, an eleven-year high. By April 2025, Abuja recorded a notable all-items inflation rate of 32.9 per cent year-on-year,” the report noted.

SBM said the main causes of the increase include the removal of fuel subsidy and changes in foreign exchange, which have reduced the purchasing power of many Nigerians.

Bauchi and other regions also affected
In Bauchi, the average cost rose from ₦5,700 in 2019 to ₦41,050 in June 2024.

“This dramatic price escalation, particularly pronounced from 2022 onwards, reflects severe cost pressures in the northern region, exacerbated by logistics and insecurity challenges,” the report said.

Bauchi also saw a month-on-month inflation increase of 4.85 per cent in May 2025, which is higher than the national inflation rate of 22.97 per cent recorded in the same period.

In Kano, the index increased from below ₦5,000 in mid-2016 to nearly ₦29,300 by May 2025. However, climate change did not significantly affect food prices in the area.

In the Southeast, the price moved from ₦4,120 in 2016 to ₦21,588 in June 2024, and then dropped slightly to ₦20,500 by June 2025. SBM said there were steady increases with major jumps in 2021 and 2023.

The South-South region, especially Calabar and Port Harcourt, also experienced sharp increases from ₦5,610 in 2019 to ₦32,633 in 2024. The report noted that port access and inter-regional trade are major factors driving this trend.

In Lagos, Balogun Market recorded the highest price in the Southwest at ₦23,591 in June 2025.

Food inflation dropped from 40.87 per cent in June 2024 to 21.97 per cent in June 2025.

SBM advised the government to focus on fixing insecurity, improving infrastructure and supporting agriculture to reduce food prices across the country.

https://guardian.ng/life/whatsnew-entertainment--and-so-on/cost-of-preparing-jollof-rice-rises-to-%E2%82%A627528-per-pot-up-153-report/

And the Tinubu government is busy churning out cooked, rebased GDP figures, claiming that the economy is doing well but has failed woefully to realize that you can't rebase hunger

And the average wage is N150k, after cooking 3 pot of rice, u are broke


Salama for Jagaban

Make Dem cook concoction rice if they can't afford jollof rice.

The FFO dem

It's way more than that. How much is a kilogram of chicken and beef? How much is a derica cup of rice? How much is vegetable oil you'll use to fry and cook the stew base for the jollof? How much is fresh pepper and tomato mix? How much is tomato paste?
Even without proteins in the jollof rice, the price is not enough.

Is it a must to eat jollof rice, when we have home made epakuta rice with ata gberefun. Just echoing their usual logic.

There's more to life than cooking/eating jollof rice

There are more aspects of the economy to be focused on that this


Even if the cost was 5k, not everyone would still wanna eat ita


Lets focus on more important things. No one can completely eradicate world hunger

Hmmmmmm, I don't know the size of the pot of rice you are talking about but below is what a pot of rice of 5 cups cost in my house.

5 cups of rice 2000
1 tin of tomato. 1200
Meat. 5000
Fresh tomatoes 1000
Vagitable oil. 1500
Miscellaneous. 1000
Total. 11, 700

TemplarLandry:
That's a big lie.

I will never understand why some people feel they have hit a jackpot anytime there is negative news about Nigeria. Their joy knows no bounds.

You allneed a check up from the neck up.

Denying reality won’t make the cost of living magically drop. Nobody’s ‘celebrating’ bad news, Nigerians are tired, hungry, and suffering, while sycophants like you defend failure like it’s a paid gig. If ₦27k for a pot of Jollof sounds like fiction to you, congratulations. you’re either disconnected from the masses or comfortably complicit. Either way, we’re all living the consequences

Ofunaofu:
And the Tinubu government is busy churning out cooked, rebased GDP figures, claiming that the economy is doing well but has failed woefully to realize that you can't rebase hunger

i tire for them ooo,one was even arguing with me tpday on this forum thinking say everybody wey dey complain na ibo

Some of you just know how to spread irrelevant lies.

Which one is 27k for one pot of Jollof rice?

Even standard jollof can't be above 10k for one pot. Abi the one pot you mean is those occassion big pot ni?

Is this how Tilumbu is cleaning Buhari’s mess? Pushing more people to unnecessary untold hardship and death so he can have more money to pay RenoMonkey and the rest?

Since APC took over we have been calculating everything from food to other commodities.....

helinues:
Make Dem cook concoction rice if they can't afford jollof rice.

The FFO dem

Of course!

What else can be expected from you?
What?

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is really taking good care of the economy 😄😄

Raise it. Raise it. Raise it. Raise it. Raise it. Raise it.

I guess the writer is referring to party or event jellof rice.

Same jellof rice I cook with not more than 7k.

Una go wail tire.

pointblank247:
Hmmmmmm, I don't know the size of the pot of rice you are talking about but below is what a pot of rice of 5 cups cost in my house.

5 cups of rice 2000
1 tin of tomato. 1200
Meat. 5000
Fresh tomatoes 1000
Vagitable oil. 1500
Miscellaneous. 1000
Total. 11, 700

They not talking of management rise.... They are talking of standard Jollof rice which has never been calculated before

That figure is over inflated. Y'all are not different from your politicians that engage in budget padding

Tinubu and APC said Nigeria is getting better.
Make una dey decieve una sef

TemplarLandry:
That's a big lie.

I will never understand why some people feel they have hit a jackpot anytime there is negative news about Nigeria. Their joy knows no bounds.

You allneed a check up from the neck up.

can you imagine,na pot of jollof rice they want to use to push their useless narrative…most of them,no single farmer for their lineage,maybe they think grains fall from heaven like rain.

DeLaRue:
Nonsense and meaningless information.

Are all pots of follow the same from household to household.

and one dumb mod pushed it to front page.

Nonsense and meaningless information.

Are all pots of jollof the same from household to household.

What happened to Ewa and beans?
Must you eat jollof rice, concoction rice with scent leave and panla fish dey sweet well.

..... this your pot, how many mouth it will feed? Meat nko?

You failed to tell us the number of people the pot would feed; therefore this survey is useless.

Grow ur jollof rice in ur backyard or come online and insult obi..... problem solved. .

Bendeco02:
Some of you just know how to spread irrelevant lies.

Which one is 27k for one pot of Jollof rice?

Even standard jollof can't be above 10k for one pot. Abi the one pot you mean is those occassion big pot ni?

A kilo of chicken or turkey is close to 10k already not to talk of other things needed so I don't see any lie in the report but then again it's not a must people eat jollof rice when there are grasses available everywhere....

pointblank247:
Hmmmmmm, I don't know the size of the pot of rice you are talking about but below is what a pot of rice of 5 cups cost in my house.

5 cups of rice 2000
1 tin of tomato. 1200
Meat. 5000
Fresh tomatoes 1000
Vagitable oil. 1500
Miscellaneous. 1000
Total. 11, 700

Did you say Vaginable oil is 1500? In which country?

The man who said we should eat corn is eating Jollof rice now ooo🚶🏿‍➡️