Nigeria

Overview

167 Million+ (73.8%)

Population without access to clean cooking (Source: WB, 2023)

10+

Active clean cooking ventures (Source: CCA)

Number of clean cooking RBFs (Source: CCA)

The Nigerian Government has focused on the expansion of access to LPG as a primary source of energy.

Foreign exchange fluctuations make it difficult to access foreign exchange through the Central Bank of Nigeria. As a result, producers and importers often buy currency from the informal economy, increasing product costs for final consumers.

Supply

Demand

According to World Bank data, 26.2% of the population had access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in 2023, which marks an improvement over the 24.4% who had access in 2022. In 2023, 48.7% of the urban population had access to clean cooking fuels, compared with just 9.7% of the rural population.

Compared with access to clean cooking fuels and technologies, there is much better access to electricity in Nigeria; 61.2% of the population had access in 2023, up from 60.5% in 2022.

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According to the Nigeria Consumer Segmentation report (see related resources below), 15% of Nigerian households primarily use LPG to cook. One in four urban households cook the majority of their meals with LPG.

Related Resources

Nigeria Consumer Segmentation

Unlocking LPG Finance for Clean Cooking in Nigeria and Ghana

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Policy

Click ‘Read more’ to explore relevant aspects of Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contribution and other policies relevant to clean cooking.

Nationally Determined Contributions

The 2017 NDC states that the use of fuel wood and charcoal is a significant contributor to the degradation of Nigeria’s forests. One solution proposed is the use of efficient cookstoves to reduce fuel demand, with alternative heating sources like LPG as a possible option. The National Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy of 2015 identifies encouraging the production and use of improved and more efficient cooking stoves as a key strategy but does not mention any specific policy or quantitative target. Both the NDC and the energy efficiency policy suggest that further work is necessary in this regard. Although there is no legal obligation to provide improved cookstoves, a program of activities could help increase accessibility.

Source

Nigeria NDCs

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Carbon

Nigeria has 18 registered cookstove projects. These projects have generated 3.4 million carbon credits to date.

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Results Based Finance

There is one clean cooking RBF program that has operated, or is underway, in Nigeria.

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Name	Lead	Status	Dates	Applicable Fuels	Fund size for clean cooking	Total fund size
SDG 7 RBF Facilities	Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)	Active	2019-2026	Improved biomass	$14.6m	$24.4m

N.B. Funding amounts may be split across multiple countries

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