Cooking Gas: FCT, 10 Others Witness Price Increase

Cooking Gas, also known as Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, has recently been affected by another price increase as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and ten other states across various parts of the nation have witnessed, yet again, another hike in the price of the product.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS report, the average price for refilling a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas increased by 3.52% month-on-month and 8.64% year-on-year to N2,141.59 in July 2021 from N2,068.69 in June 2021.

As partly hinted in the preceding paragraph, the price of this commodity has been unstable for a long time and only increases but hardly ever returns to the previous cost.

Hike in Cooking Gas Price

States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas:

1. Akwa Ibom – N2,600.00
2. Benue – N2,540.00
3. Bauchi – N2,486.86

States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas:

1. Abuja – N1,806.15
2. Lagos – N1,840.80
3. Ondo – N1,842.94

Similarly, the average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas increased by 3.11% month-on-month and by 7.16% year-on-year to N4,422.32 in July 2021 from N4,289.05 in June 2021.

States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas)

1. Abuja – N5,050.00
2. Gombe – N5,000.00
3. Kogi – N4,985.00

States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas were:

1. Kaduna – N3,718.09
2. Zamfara – N3,725.38
3. Oyo – N3,859.97