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Table 2 Cost estimates for rural electrification of various states in Nigeria

From: Expanding electricity access to all in Nigeria: a spatial planning and cost analysis

 

Total number of households electrified

Percentage of households electrified

Cost of grid (US$)

Cost of mini-grid (US$)

  

Grid

Mini-grid

Total (million US$)

Per household

Levelized

Total (million US$)

Per household

Levelized

State

         

 Abia

411,623

98

2

439

1,084

0.38

6

995

0.50

 Adamawa

1,048,161

98

2

1,349

1,288

0.29

18

1,047

0.46

 Akwa-Ibom

972,903

100

-

1,047

1,077

0.35

-

-

-

 Anambra

295,991

90

10

2,743

1,030

0.41

29

1,006

0.49

 Bauchi

951,368

98

2

1,241

1,338

0.27

26

1,107

0.44

 Bayelsa

315,937

100

-

361

1,144

0.35

-

-

-

 Benue

1,198,680

100

-

1,511

1,261

0.28

-

-

-

 Borno

1,589,400

100

-

2,287

1,439

0.26

-

-

-

 Cross river

650,128

97

3

742

1,184

0.35

23

1,023

0.48

 Delta

1,145,787

100

-

1,245

1,087

0.34

-

-

-

 Ebonyi

637,375

100

-

757

1,189

0.30

-

-

-

 Edo

106,335

69

31

72

991

0.42

32

991

0.50

 Ekiti

325,939

95

5

334

1,082

0.42

16

1,000

0.49

 Enugu

770,522

100

-

867

1,126

0.32

-

-

-

 FCT-Abuja

245,440

89

11

327

1,501

0.24

27

1,028

0.47

 Gombe

601,375

100

-

768

1,278

0.27

-

-

-

 Imo

195,075

65

35

132

1,035

0.43

67

997

0.49

 Jigawa

1,060,396

100

-

1,336

1,261

0.29

-

-

-

 Kaduna

1,248,819

100

-

1,598

1,280

0.27

-

-

-

 Kano

1,729,744

100

-

2,147

1,241

0.28

-

-

-

 Katsina

1,405,492

100

-

2,009

1,430

0.31

-

-

-

 Kebbi

750,452

97

3

874

1,200

0.32

22

1,068

0.45

 Kogi

756,733

92

8

806

1,158

0.36

62

1,037

0.47

 Kwara

323,549

76

24

259

1,056

0.38

80

1,031

0.47

 Lagos

343,028

96

4

327

997

0.38

14

994

0.50

 Nasarawa

457,742

96

4

532

1,211

0.33

18

1,038

0.47

 Niger

1,098,726

100

-

1,303

1,186

0.30

-

-

-

 Ogun

515,463

94

6

505

1,041

0.37

30

1,000

0.49

 Ondo

828,557

100

-

902

1,089

0.35

-

-

-

 Osun

457,604

96

4

449

1,019

0.41

16

995

0.50

 Oyo

865,891

79

21

730

1,063

0.37

182

1,020

0.48

 Plateau

829,789

100

-

1,104

1,331

0.28

-

-

-

 Rivers

797,321

100

-

890

1,116

0.33

-

-

-

 Sokoto

1,026,713

98

2

1,270

1,260

0.30

20

1,055

0.46

 Taraba

910,651

96

4

1,184

1,353

0.29

39

1,137

0.42

 Yobe

685,347

97

3

818

1,226

0.29

18

1,055

0.46

 Zamfara

907,400

100

-

1,235

1,361

0.27

-

-

-

High

1,729,744

100

35

2,287

1,501

0.43

182

1,137

0.50

Average

769,229

95

2

920

1,190

0.33

35

1,031

0.47

Low

106,335

65

9

72

991

0.24

6

991

0.42