12.5kg cooking gas price rises by 89% in 1 Year – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the price of 12.5kg liquefied petroleum gas, better known as cooking gas, has increased by 89.10 percent year-on-year.
Invariably, Nigerians have paid an average price of N8,164.37 for refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of cooking gas in April 2022 compared to N4,317.55 in April 2021.
The NBS said this in its latest report on liquefied petroleum gas (cooking gas) price watch for April 2022.
According to the report, the average price for refilling a 12.5kg of cooking gas increased to N8,164.37 in April 2022 from N7,617.71 in March 2022, representing a 7.18 per cent month-on-month increase.
“Similarly, on a year-on-year basis, the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg cooking gas increased by 89.10 per cent from N4317.55 in April 2021,” the report indicated.
“The state comparisons showed that the highest average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) was recorded in Oyo with N8930.88, followed by Bayelsa with N8916.67 and Ogun, with N8766.67.
“Conversely, the lowest average price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) was recorded in Yobe with N6619.18, followed by Borno and Ebonyi with N6800.00 and N7710.55 respectively.