The average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly known as Cooking Gas increased by 35.28% year-on-year and 49.82% month-on-month to N5,508.16 in January 2017 from N4,071.63 in December 2016, the latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) has revealed.
States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) were Borno (N5,950.00), Delta (N5,933.33) & Katsina (5,972.22).
States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) were Benue (N5,083.33), Ogun (N5,030.00) and Kaduna & Kogi (N5,000
Similarly, average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased by 28.24% year-on-year and 39.39% month-on-month to N2,567.56 in January 2017 from N2,002.16 in December 2016.
States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) were Abuja (N2,800.00), Kano (N2,750.00) & Oyo (2,700.00).
States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) were Borno (N2,511.11), Akwa Ibom (N2,520.00) and Bauchi, Benue, Edo, Ekiti, Gombe, Jigawa, Osun, Yobe and Zamfara (N2,500.00).
