OpeOluwani Akintayo
Lagos — Average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) decreased by – 0.23% month-on-month and by -0.07% year-on-year to N1974.67 in September 2020 from N1979.15 in August 2020.
Statistics sourced from the National Bureau of Statistics says states with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for cooking gas were Kano (N3,654.00), Oyo (N3,758.93) and Imo (N3,768.75).
States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder were Imo (N1,644.44), Ebonyi (N1,693.86) and Enugu (N1,705.45).
States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder were Bauchi (N2,487.37), Borno (N2,391.96) and Adamawa (N2,368.41).
Similarly, average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for cooking gas decreased by -0.63% month-on-month and by -0.32% year-on-year to N4,110.92 in September 2020 from N4,136.80 in August 2020. States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for the product were Akwa Ibom (N4,554.44), Bayelsa (N4,535.00) and Cross River (N4,470.56).