Tag: Cooking gas price

Nigerians dump gas, as price skyrockets

Aminu Imam

…Turn to charcoal, firewood  The plan of the federal government to deepen domestic consumption of gas through the National Gas Expansion Programme, (NGEP), with a target of creating about three million jobs seems to be about to be shattered, even before take-off as many Nigerians are abandoning its use. Findings show that Liquefied Petroleum Gas, (LPG), otherwise known as cooking gas, is now beyond the reach of average Nigerians as many have turned to charcoal or firewood, with the attendant environmental and health implications.  A kilogramme of cooking gas is…

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Kerosene, cooking gas prices increase in August – NBS

Aminu Imam

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price per litre paid by consumers for household kerosene increased to N400.01 in August from N397.34 in July. A report obtained from the NBS’s website on Friday, said the kerosene price increased by 0.67% month-on-month and by 15.43% year-on-year in the period under review. It said that States with the highest average price per litre of kerosene were Enugu, where residents bought the product at N494.05, Ebonyi, N489.17 and Cross-River, N487.50. The Bureau, however, said that residents in Bayelsa paid the…

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“Nigerians are dying from high cost of cooking gas”, PDP chieftain cries out

Aminu Imam

A Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) chieftain, and former Delta State gubernatorial aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has raised the alarm over the incessant increase in the price of Liquefied Natural Gas, (LNG), otherwise known as cooking gas, across the country to the detriment of the already downtrodden consumers. He lamented that the price of refilling the 12.5kg cooking gas cylinder, which had been between N3,200 and N3,500 for a very long time, suddenly jumped to N6,000 and N24,000 respectively, adding that camping gas cylinder that was N1,500 now sell for N2,500.…

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