Tag: Cooking Gas

Cooking gas price hits ₦1,700/kg

Aminu Imam
Cooking gas price hike

…Marketers warn of looming revolt The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM), has raised alarm over the soaring cost of cooking gas in the country, warning that the continuous increase in price could spark public outrage against operators of gas filling stations. The association disclosed that cooking gas now sells between ₦1, 500 and ₦1, 700 per kilogram, while marketers pay between ₦25.2 million and ₦26.2 million for a 20-metric-tonne truck of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), depending on location. Speaking on the development, NALPGAM National President, Edu Inyang,…

Read More

FG to inject 10 million gas cylinders nationwide

Aminu Imam

To establish micro-sales, distribution centres The Federal Government has reiterated its plans to inject 10 million cylinders of Petroleum Liquefied Gas into circulation nationwide to increase access to the commodity. The distribution of these cylinders, which is to help deepen cooking gas utilization across the country, would be done through registered marketers. The Managing Director of the Nigeria LPG, Musa Ibrahim, who revealed this during a 2-day sensitisation workshop in Bauchi yesterday, said that the federal government would establish micro-sales and distribution centres for the cylinders. Ibrahim further said, The…

Read More