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Nigeria agric census report ready

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has completed the national agricultural census after a 31-year hiatus. The last time Nigeria conducted an agricultural census was in 1993/94. Since then the agricultural data situation in Nigeria has slid backward and can best be described as weak.

The completion of the long awaited national agricultural census after a prolonged interval, analysts believe would furnish policymakers and stakeholders with essential information to devise strategies for boosting agricultural productivity and addressing food security challenges.

A source in the know at NBS told The Nation that mapping and field operations for the census have been concluded, and a comprehensive report will be released gradually.

A national agricultural census is a fundamental component of the national agricultural statistics database, providing data on various aspects of the sector such as farm sizes, land ownership, and other factors that remain relatively stable over time.

Lagos, along with many other states, has computerized their land records and surveys, creating the possibility of producing a functional agricultural census data.

Speaking with The Nation at the sidelines of a Multistakeholders Platform workshop organised by the Federal Government and African Union – Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) to help address issues in the Feed and Fodder Sector, in Abuja , the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi said there were ongoing Federal Government’s initiatives to modernize and transform agriculture. One of these initiatives, according to him was the adoption of advanced soil fertility technology to improve agricultural productivity and quality.

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The government, he disclosed, is providing soil health cards to farmers as part of its soil fertility initiative.

The Soil Health Card (SHC) program,he explained aimed to evaluate soil health and offer tailored recommendations to enhance soil fertility and productivity.

Additionally, that the government is working on a comprehensive livestock production programme to address the increasing demand for livestock products and ensure food security. The minister highlighted the challenges related to fodder supply and emphasized the government’s support for the MSP in developing strategies to sustain the livestock sector.

In order to enhance livestock farming in Nigeria, Leonard Muganda underscored the essential role of adequate and dependable statistics in realizing the goal of a self-sufficient agricultural sector in Nigeria. He pointed out the critical need for well-informed policies supported by accurate data to drive positive change.

In support of this, Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) stakeholders gathered in Abuja to promote food security nationwide through the 50×2030 survey initiative.

The thrust of the 50×2030 survey workshop, organised by the ACReSAL project in collaboration with the World Bank, focused on bridging agricultural data gaps and promoting evidence-informed decision-making.

Minister of Environment, Malam Balarabe Lawal, said the 50×2030 Initiative, led by the World Bank and FAO, aims to develop a fit-for-purpose, integrated, and financially sustainable agricultural survey programme.

He said the initiative will address the country’s data needs and foster a culture of data use for decision-making.

“50×2030 Initiative is a World Bank and FAO led global agriculture and climate statistics programme working in minimising data gap.

“And building national statistics systems and promoting evidence -informed agriculture in 50 low, lower-middle and middle-income countries around the world by the year 2030.

“In Nigeria, 50×2030 Initiative will work closely with the ACReSAL team, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in designing and implementing climate and agriculture focused survey programme in 36 states and FCT,” Lawal said.

He said the survey will incorporate an ACReSAL specific module to track progress and inform decisions.

“Data from the survey programme will inform national programming and policies in the agriculture sector and will inform climate change policies,” the Minister said.

May 22, 2024
2022 floods caused $9.12b economic damage, says NBS

• Anambra’s agricultural activities worst impacted

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday put the total economic damages caused by the 2022 flooding at $9.12 billion.

The Statistician General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, announced this during the launch of the Nigeria Flood Impact, Recovery, and Mitigation Assessment Survey Report at the UN House yesterday in Abuja.

He said: “At the onset of the flooding, the Federal Government, in collaboration with the World Bank, conducted a preliminary assessment of damage and loss, estimating the total direct economic damages between $3.79 billion and $9.12 billion, with a median estimate of $6.68 billion, as of 25th November 2022.”

Adeniran said Anambra State’s households involved in agricultural activities were the worst impacted.

The statistician general said the state’s agriculture experienced 99.1 per cent impact by the floods.

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He said: “By states, Anambra recorded the highest impact by households involved in agricultural activities that were affected at 99.1 per cent, followed by Kogi at 97.4 per cent, and Jigawa at 97.1 per cent.”

The NBS Chief Executive Officer noted that conversely, Bayelsa State had the least effect on crops, though still significant, at 89.8 per cent, while crop destruction was reported by 67.9 per cent of respondents, resulting in reduced crop yields, increased food prices, and limited access to food.

Adeniran said in response to the flood’s impact on farming activities, 26.2 per cent of households primarily sought financial assistance from family members/friends/relatives, 11 per cent purchased fewer inputs and relied on personal savings, 7.7 per cent cultivated smaller farm sizes, 4.2 per cent reduced farming hours, while 0.7 per cent made other adjustments as a mechanism of coping with the impact of the floods.

He said: “Out of the total households covered, approximately 64 per cent were affected by the floods across the six states selected, with 74 per cent of households in rural areas experiencing higher impacts than those in urban areas, which was (40 per cent).”

The NBS boss said Bayelsa State faced the highest impact with 99 per cent of interviewed households affected in one way or the other, followed by Jigawa State (94 per cent), Nasarawa (70 per cent), Kogi (70 per cent), Delta (57 per cent), and Anambra (23 per cent).

Over 57 per cent of the households interviewed, he said, reported disruptions in their livelihoods, most especially for those in rural areas.

Adeniran added that non-farm businesses also suffered, with 91.3 per cent adversely impacted, leading to total business loss for 52 per cent.

Jobs were also affected for nearly 80 per cent of households, primarily through wage reduction, which was (69 per cent) and job loss which was (49 per cent).

The NBS CEO explained that food security was compromised, impacting on 49 per cent of households, with up to 60 per cent of households in rural areas affected.

He said amongst households engaged in agricultural activities, 95 per cent of households reported being impacted by the floods, 77 per cent of the households dwelling in rural areas, while 36 per cent of households affected dwell in urban areas.

Emphasising the authentication of the report, Adeniran said: “The above findings and much more are available in the report being launched today. It is important to state at this point that the findings of this study, just like all the other statistics we report in NBS, are not just mere numbers; they represent the lived experiences of Nigerians who had to endure the hardships brought about by flooding.”

The NBS boss said it was important to apply the findings judiciously to address the issues and challenges that flooding caused.

According to him, the Report of the Nigeria Flood Impact, Recovery, and Mitigation Assessment Survey is collaboration among the NBS, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

November 30, 2023
Economy attracted $5.8b in Q2, says NBS

GOING by the capital importation report released on Thursday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the value of capital inflow into the Nigeria economy stood at $5.82 billion in the second quarter of this year.

The data, supplied administratively by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), verified and validated by the NBS, represents a decrease of 31.41 per cent, compared to the first quarter of 2019 and 5.56 per cent increase, compared to the second quarter of 2018.

The largest amount of capital importation was received through portfolio investment, which accounted for 73.76 per cent (about $4.29 billion). It was followed by other investment, which accounted for 22.41 per cent ($1.3 billion) of total capital imported.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) accounted for 3.83 per cent ($222.89 million) of total capital imported in second quarter 2019.

According to the data, capital importation by banking dominated in second quarter, reaching $1.89 billion of the capital importation within the period.

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The United Kingdom (UK) emerged as the top source of capital investment in Nigeria in the second quarter with $3.13 billion. It accounted for 53.85 per cent of the total capital inflow within the period.

Trailing the UK on the list of top 10 were the United States (U.S.) with capital investment of $1.15 billion, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with capital inflow of $343.59 million and South Africa with $314.16 million dollars in the quarter under review.

The data explained that investment destination of choice, Lagos State, emerged as the top destination of capital investment in Nigeria in the period under review with $4.13 billion dollars, accounting for 71.09 per cent.

The NBS added that the Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc emerged at the top of capital investment in Nigeria in the second quarter with $1.76 billion, accounting for 30.34 per cent of the total capital inflow in the quarter.

September 6, 2019
FG, States, LGAs share N1.92tr tiers in three months, says NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed N1.92 trillion to three tiers of government in first quarter of 2019.

This NBS figures are however Allocations by Federation Account Allocation Committee for the months preceding when they were shared.

For instance, Allocation by Federation Account Allocation Committee for the Month of December, 2018 was shared in January, 2019 and so for the other two months of February and March.

The NBS figures, which tallied with the figures from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), said FAAC disbursed N649.19 billion to the three tiers of government in January, 2019 (December 2018); N660.37 billion in February (January 2019) and the sum of N619.86 was distributed to the three tiers in March (February 2019). FAAC Allocations for March 2019 will be done later this month.

Of the N1.92 trillion so far disbursed, the Federal Government has received N803.18 billion in the three months.

States have received N530.14 billion while the local governments have received N398.43 billion.

Interestingly, in January 2019, Delta state received the highest allocation of N17, 360,640, 513.62 excluding the N3, 862,469,150.06 the state collected on behalf of its 25 local government areas.

Osun state got the lowest state allocation of N1,730,201,728.81 aside from the N3,886,506,134.26 it collected on behalf of the 30 local government areas of the state.

The NBS breakdown showed the federal government received N270.17 billion in January, N275.33 billion in February and N257.68 billion in March while the 36 State Governments received N178.04 billion in January, N182.17 billion in February and N169.93 in March. All the 774 Local governments received N133.83 billion in January, N136.88 billion and N127.72 billion in March.

The NBS report further revealed that the amount disbursed in January comprised N547.46 billion from the Statutory Account, N100.76 billion from Valued Added Tax (VAT) and N976.53 million exchange gain differences while the sum of N45.36 billion was shared among the oil producing states as 13% derivation fund in January 2019 alone.

Further breakdown of revenue allocation distribution to the federal government revealed that the sum of N216.57 billion was disbursed to the federal government’s consolidated revenue account.

N4.81billion was disbursed as share of derivation and ecology and N2.43 billion as stabilization fund. N8.15 billion was shared for the development of natural resources and N5.82 billion to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

The report also stated that revenue generating agencies such as “Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) received N4.69 billion, N4.04 billion and N8.04 billion respectively as cost of revenue collections.”

For February, the report said the amount disbursed comprised N497.12 billion from the Statutory Account; N104.47 billion from Valued Added Tax (VAT) and N8.12 billion as excess charges recovered.

The sum of N50 billion was distributed as FOREX Equalisation Fund and N654.70 million as exchange gain differences. N48.49 billion was shared among the oil producing states as 13 per cent derivation fund in February.

Revenue generating agencies such as Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) received N5.66 billion, N7.62 billion and N4.07 billion as cost of revenue collections.

Further breakdown of revenue allocation distribution to the Federal Government of Nigeria received the sum of N221.33 billion into the consolidated revenue account. N4.94 billion was disbursed as share of derivation and ecology and N2.47 billion as stabilisation fund. Also, N8.30 billion was shared for the development of natural resources and N5.90 billion to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja.

In March, the NBS report revealed that the amount disbursed comprised of N474.42 billion from the Statutory Account, N96.39 billion from Valued Added Tax (VAT), N4.02 billion as excess bank charges recovered. N44.17 billon was distributed as FOREX Equalisation Fund and N858.46 million as exchange gain differences.

N50.95 billion was shared among the oil producing states as 13 per cent derivation fund in the month. Further breakdown of revenue allocation distribution to the Federal Government of Nigeria received the sum of N203.04 billion into the consolidated revenue account while N4.63 billion was disbursed as share of derivation and ecology; N2.31 billion as stabilization fund.

Revenue generating agencies such as Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) received N3.91 billion, N6.49 billion and N3.19 billion as cost of revenue collections.

The NBS report also noted N7.77 billion was shared for the development of natural resources and N5.52 billion to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja in March.

April 22, 2019
Price of imported rice drops in March – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said average price of one kilogramme (kg) of rice (imported high quality sold loose) decreased month-on-month in March.

The NBS said this in its “Selected Food Price Watch (March 2019)’’ report released on its website.

The bureau said rice price decreased year-on-year by -0.39 per cent and decreased month-on-month by -0.68 per cent to N361.90 in March from N364.38 in February.

Similarly, the bureau said average price of one kg of yam tuber decreased year-on-year by -21.07 per cent and month-on month by -2.71 per cent to N200.88 in March from N206.48 in February.

Also, it said average price of one dozen of Agric eggs medium size decreased year-on-year by -12.80 per cent and month-on-month by -0.96 per cent to N459.80 in March from N464.26 in February.

In addition, it said average price of piece of Agric eggs medium size (price of one) increased year-on-year by 1.73 per cent and decrease month-on-month by -0.74 per cent to N41.91 in March from N42.23 in February.

According to the report, the average price of one kg of tomato decreased year-on-year by -10.03 per cent and month-on-month by -6.32 per cent to N240.29 in March from N256.50 in February.

The NBS said field work for the report was done by over 700 NBS staff in all states of the federation supported by supervisors who were monitored by internal and external observers.

Prices were collected across all the 774 local governments of the federation and the FCT from over 10,000 respondents and locations; they reflected actual prices households stated they actually bought those items.

The average of all these prices was then reported for each state and average for the country was the average for the state.

April 20, 2019
Inflation drops by 0.06 % in March – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the country’s inflation measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March was 0.06 per cent points lower than the rate recorded in February.

The NBS said this in its “CPI and Inflation Report’’ released on Tuesday in Abuja.

The bureau said the CPI which measures inflation decreased to 11.25 per cent (year-on-year) in March, 2019.

According to the bureau, this is 0.06 per cent points lower than the rate recorded in February, 2019 (11.31) per cent.

It, however, said increases were recorded in all Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP) divisions that yielded the Headline index.

On month-on-month basis, the bureau said the Headline Index increased by 0.79 per cent in March 2019, this was 0.06 per cent rate higher than the rate recorded in February 2019 (0.73) per cent.

The Report said the percentage change in the average composite CPI for the period of 12 months ending in March over the previous 12 months was 11.40 per cent.

It said the figure showed 0.16 per cent point from 11.56 per cent recorded in February.

Meanwhile, the bureau said the urban inflation rate increased by 11.54 per cent (year-on-year) in March from 11.59 per cent recorded in February 2019.

It said the rural inflation rate increased by 10.99 per cent in March from 11.05 per cent in February.

On a month-on-month basis, it said the urban index rose by 0.81 per cent in March 2019, up by 0.05 from 0.76 per cent recorded in February.

Also, it said the rural index rose by 0.77 per cent in March, up by 0.06 from the rate recorded in February (0.71) per cent.

According to the report, the corresponding twelve-month year-on-year average percentage change for the urban index is 11.78 per cent in March.

This is less than 11.95 per cent reported in February while the corresponding rural inflation rate in March is 11.08 per cent compared to 11.23 per cent recorded in February.

The CPI measures the average change over time in prices of goods and services consumed by people for day-to-day living.

The construction of the CPI combines economic theory, sampling and other statistical techniques using data from other surveys to produce a weighted measure of average price changes in the Nigerian economy.

The weighting occurs to capture the importance of the selected commodities in the entire index.

April 16, 2019
JAMB records 4.01 per cent drop in applications received in 2018

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recorded a 4.01 per cent drop in the applications received in 2018.

The NBS, in its JAMB Applications and Admitted Candidates by State and Gender within Faculty Data (2017-2018) posted on its website, stated that applications received in 2018 were 1.65 million as against the 1.72 million received in 2017.

This, it said, represented about 4.01 per cent drop in comparison to the total applications received in 2017.

Similarly, candidates admitted in 2018 were 549,763 as against the 566,719 admitted candidates in 2017.

The report said the fall in total admitted candidates in 2018 was about 2.99 per cent, compared to the total admitted candidates in 2017.

A further breakdown of the data showed that 902,176 applications received in 2018 were from males while 750,951 applications received were from female applicants.

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The bureau said 952,436 applications received in 2017 were from males while the remaining 769,833 applications received were from female applicants.

In 2018, the bureau also said 302,183 male candidates were admitted as against 315,678 male candidates admitted in 2017 while 247,580 female candidates were admitted in 2018 as against 251,041 female candidates admitted in 2017.

Data for the report was supplied administratively by JAMB while it was veriﬁed and validated by NBS.

According to NBS, data in the report is restricted to test-based admissions and does not cover admissions not determined by official tests and examinations conducted by JAMB.

April 8, 2019
Finance, DMO approve N195bn to exporters for EEG settlement

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) disclosed at the weekend that the Export Expansion Grant (EEG) is being resuscitated as the minister of Finance has directed the Debt Management Office for settlement of the EEG debts.

The debt is covering claims back log of 10 years from 2007 to 20016 for 270 companies with the total value of one hundred and ninety five billion, eighty nine million, two hundred and thirty four thousand, eight hundred and eighty naira, and sixty four kobo (N195,080,234,808.64).

The Executive Director, CEO, Nigeria Export Promotion Council NEPC, Olusegun Awolowo, disclosed these at the stakeholders forum on the framework for the issuance of Promissory Notes for the settlement of outstanding Export Expansion Grant claims 2007-2019, stating that this will bring succor to the export succor in particular and the economy in general.

He added that there is also positive signal from the National Assembly as it will soon pass the second batch of approval for the remaining 39 companies with a total N124bn.

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According to him, the settlement of this inherited debt by the government will pave way for the revival of the non-oil export sector of the economy.

It will in no small measure enable financial institutions inject funds for further export activities, generate more foreign exchange as well as employment for the teeming youths of the country.

“Statistics from the pre-shipment inspection agents and the National Bureau of Statistics analyzed by the council showed that, the country’s export earnings for 2017 and 2018 experienced an upward trend.

“There was a growth of 48.43% from $1.204 billion in 2016 to $1.787 billion in 2017, it further went up by 27.22% equivalent to $2.274 billion in 2018.

“It is our sincere believe that exports for 2019 will grow by about 40 percent in view of the settlement of the exporter’s debt through the promissory note programme.”

Awolowo said in line with government policy on the Ease of Doing Business and to compliment these efforts, the council has developed an online, real time portal for the processing and management of the EEG claims. The online platform will provide opportunity for all stakeholders, processing government agencies, auditors of the scheme, exporters and other relevant stakeholders to submit, review and access information regarding the processing of claims.

April 5, 2019
Ogun produced highest tonnes of solid minerals in 2018 – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed Ogun produced the highest tonnes of solid minerals in the country in 2018.

The NBS disclosed this in its State Disaggregated Mining and Quarrying Data for 2018 posted on its website.

The bureau said the state produced 16.49 million tonnes of solid minerals, representing 30 per cent of the total tonnes of solid minerals produced in the year under review.

It said Kogi and Cross River states followed closely with 15.13 million and 3.49 million tonnes of solid minerals respectively representing about 27 per cent and six per cent of the total tonnes of the minerals produced.

Bayelsa and Borno States produced the least tonnes of solid minerals with zero and 8,403.30 tonnes of minerals produced.

The report, however, said a total of 55.85 million tonnes of solid minerals was produced in the country in the year under review.

According to the report, limestone was the most produced solid minerals in 2018 with 27.19 million tones, representing about 49 per cent of the total tonnes of minerals produced.

It said granite and laterite followed closely with 9.62 million and 5.07 million tonnes respectively representing 17 per cent and nine per cent of the total tonnes of minerals produced in 2018.

The report said garnet and ruby were the least produced solid minerals in 2018.

Data for the report was supplied administratively by the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control and verified and validated by NBS. (NAN)

March 22, 2019
Nigeria generates N298bn from VAT in Q4, 2018

The National Bureau of Statistics ( NBS ), said Nigeria generated N298.01 billion from Value Added Tax (VAT) in fourth quarter, 2018.

NBS said this in a Sectoral Distribution of VAT report for the fourth quarter, 2018 posted on its website.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that VAT is a consumption tax placed on a product whenever value is added at each stage of the supply chain, from production to the point of sale.

The report said that the figures in the quarter under review rose by 8.96 per cent quarter-on-quarter and by 17.28 per cent year-on-year.

It said the sum of N298.01 billion was generated as VAT in fourth quarter 2018, as against N273.50 billion generated in third quarter 2018, and N266.73 billion in second quarter, 2018.

According to the report, the manufacturing sector generated the highest amount of N28.82 billion VAT.

This, the report said, was closely followed by Professional Services generating N24.12 billion, while Commercial and Trading generating N16.02 billion.

Also, it said the mining sector generated the least amount of N35.75 million, Pharmaceutical N209.33 million, while Chemical and Allied Industries generated N258.39 million.

The report said N138.42 billion was generated as Non-Import VAT locally, while N47.89 billion was generated as VAT for foreign items in the quarter under review.

The bureau, however, said that the balance of N111.71 billion was generated as Nigeria-Customs Import VAT in the period under review.

The data for the report was provided by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), verified, and validated by the NBS.

February 22, 2019