Cooking Gas Price Soars By 70.62% In 12 Months

The average  price of  Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) rose by 70.62 per cent from October 2021 to October 2022, according to the National Bureau of Statistics  (NBS).

Its document titled : “Liquefied Petroleum Gas  (Cooking Gas) Price Watch  (October  2022),” said the average retail price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased by 0.21% on a month-on-month basis from N4,474.48 recorded in September 2022 to N4,483.75 in October 2022.

“On a year-on-year basis, this rose by 70.62 per cent from N2,627.94 in October 2021,” said NBS.

On state profile analysis, the data noted that Kwara recorded the highest average price for refilling a 5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) with N4,955.00, followed by Niger with N4,950.00, and Adamawa with N4,940.29.