Price of Cooking Gas rises by 7.57 percent in June
The average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) has increased by 7.57% on a month-on-month basis, from N3,921.35 recorded in May 2022 to N4,218.38 in June 2022.
This is contained in the National Bureau of Statistics Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch report (June 2022).
The NBS further said on a year-on-year basis, price of gas rose by 103.92% from N2,068.69 in June 2021 to N4,218.38 in June 2022.
On state profile analysis, Adamawa recorded the highest average price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N4,650.00, followed by Gombe with N4,566.67 and Niger with N4,540.00.
Meanwhile, Zamfara recorded the lowest average price with N3,700.00, followed by Yobe and Kano with N3,820.00 and N3,875.00 respectively.
In addition, the North-Central recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N4,378.95, followed by the North-East with N4,301.48, while the North-West recorded the lowest with N3,994.57, according to the report.
NBS/Hauwa Abu
