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Translate a naira figure into things citizens can feel. Every conversion rate below comes from a public, official source — not estimates we made up. A quick version of this lives on the homepage; this page is the deeper view.

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Standard 1-room block (UBEC spec)
Unit cost: ₦15,000,000 · UBEC Standard Unit Cost (gazetted)
125
Motorised borehole + overhead tank (rural)
Unit cost: ₦8,000,000 · Federal Ministry of Water Resources — RUWASSA unit costs
416
Nurse annual salary (Grade level avg, federal)
Unit cost: ₦2,400,000 · National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission
10,526
Primary education / pupil / year
Unit cost: ₦95,000 · UBEC implementation guidelines
1,176
Solar street light (column + panel + battery)
Unit cost: ₦850,000 · REA Nigeria — published rural electrification unit costs

Cost assumptions

Unit costs are drawn from the most recent published rates we could verify from UBEC, the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, NSIWC, and REA Nigeria. They are approximate, not contract prices, and exclude state-level variation. If you have a more current sourced figure, submit a correction.