222.5m Nigerians Use Telephones — NBS

There were 222.6 million telephone subscribers in Nigeria as at end of 2022, the National Bureau of Sta­tistics (NBS) has said....CONTINUE READING

The 2022 figure showed an increase of 27.1 million subscribers over the 195.5 million subscribers record­ed at the end of 2021…..CONTINUE READING

The NBS stated the fig­ures in its Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tar­iff Information report for the last quarter of 2022, re­leased in Abuja on Monday.

The report showed that the figure for the last quar­ter of 2022 represented a 13.87 percent rise in voice subscriptions on a year-on-year basis.

On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the report showed growth stood at 4.89 percent.

The NBS also recorded a total of 154.9 million active internet subscribers at the end of 2022 compared to 142 million recoded at the end of 2021.

“This represents a 9.07 percent increase in active internet subscriptions year-on-year, while on a quarter-on-quarter basis, internet subscription grew by 1.35 percent,” it stated.

On state-by-state analy­sis, the report showed that Lagos State had the highest number of active telephone users in 2022 at 26.5 million, followed by Ogun with 13 million users.

Kano State came third with 12.4 million telephone users.

The report showed that Bayelsa had the least num­ber of telephone users at 1.6 million subscribers, fol­lowed by Ebonyi and Ekiti with 1.9 million users and two million users, respec­tively.

It also showed that La­gos State had the highest number of internet users at 18.7 million subscribers, followed by Ogun with 9.2 million subscribers and Kano State with 8.5 million subscribers.

“On the other hand, Bayelsa recorded the least number of 1.1 million in­ternet users, followed by Ebonyi and Ekiti with 1.3 million and 1.5 million sub­scribers, respectively,” it stated.

The NBS report showed that majority of telephone users in Nigeria in 2022 were MTN subscribers.

Petrol Retail Price Hits N264/ Litre In March— NBS

Meanwhile, the average retail price of a litre of pet­rol increased from N185.30 in February 2022, to N264.29 in March 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said on Monday, in its Pet­rol Price Watch for March 2023.

The increase, according to the Bureau, represents a 42.63 percent increase over the price of N185.30 record­ed in February 2022.

“Comparing the average price value with the pre­vious month of February 2023, the average retail price increased by 0.20 percent from N263.76. On states pro­files analysis, Imo paid the highest average retail price of N332.67 per litre, followed by Taraba at N330.00 and Borno at N324.55.

“Conversely, Benue paid the lowest average retail price of N195.00, followed by Plateau at N196.79 and Nasarawa at N197.50”, the report disclosed.

Analysis by zone showed that the South-East record­ed the highest average re­tail price in March 2023 at N306.00 per litre, while the North-Central recorded the lowest at N205.10 per litre.

The NBS also stated in its Diesel Price Watch Report for March 2023 that the av­erage retail price paid by consumers increased by 55.90 percent on a year on year basis.

It explained that the re­tail price moved from a low­er cost of N539.32 per litre recorded in March 2022 to a higher cost of N836.81 per litre in March 2023.

“On a month-on-month basis, the price increased by 0.47 percent from the N836.91 per litre recorded in February 2023 to an average of N840.81 in March 2023″, it added.

On state profiles analysis, the report said the highest average price of diesel in March 2023 was recorded in Bauchi at N910.46 per litre, followed by Abuja at N889.44 and Adamawa at N880.33 per litre.

However, the lowest price was recorded in Bayelsa at N768.04 per litre, followed by Katsina at N779.78 per litre and Edo at N797.14 per litre.

The analysis by zone showed that the North East had the highest price at N856.42 per litre, while the South-South zone recorded the lowest price at N816.92 per litre…..CONTINUE READING