OpeOluwani Akintayo
Lagos — Average price paid by consumers for premium motor spirit (petrol) decreased by -0.23% year-on-year and increased month-on-month by 0.01% to N145.37 in January 2020 from N145.35 in December 2019, newly released data by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS has said.
While states with the highest average price of petrol were Bayelsa (N146.91), Niger (N146.88) and Adamawa (N146.80), those with the lowest average price of premium motor spirit (petrol) were Katsina (N144.00), Abuja (N144.20) and Kano (N144.38)
Household kerosene
Average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased by 0.93% month-on-month and by 5.61% year-on-year to N323.46 in January 2020 from N320.47 in December 2019.
States with the lowest average price per litre of kerosene were Borno (N275.93), Abuja (N276.33) and Kwara (N281.88).
Similarly, average price per gallon paid by consumers for the product increased by 0.44% month-on-month and by 2.55% year-on-year to N1,218.09 in January 2020 from N1,212.75 in December 2019.
States with the highest average price per gallon of kerosene were Borno (N1,377.50), Adamawa (N1,335.00) and Katsina (N1,297.69).
States with the lowest average price per gallon of kerosene were Bayelsa (N1,114.62), Bauchi (N1,122.22) and Imo (N1,135.31).
States with the highest average price per litre of kerosene were Imo (N385.00), Cross River (N367.88), and Gombe (N366.67).
Cooking gas
Average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) increased by 0.02% month-on-month and decreased by -1.02% year-on-year to N2,019.10 in January 2020 from N2,018.68 in December 2019.
States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for cooking gas were Bauchi (N2,500.00), Borno/Adamawa (N2,400) and Yobe (N2,321.23).
States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for cooking gas were Cross River (N4,698.08), Akwa Ibom (N4,687.22) and Bayelsa (N4,620.00).
States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for the product were Ebonyi (N1,780.33), Enugu (N1,822.73) and Kaduna (N1,825.00).
Similarly, average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for cooking gas increased by 0.10% month-on-month and decreased by -2.28% year-on-year to N4,180.24 in January 2020 from N4,176.20 in December 2019.
States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for the product were Zamfara (N3,700.00), Kano (N3,716.67) and Kaduna (N3,771.67)
Diesel
States with the highest average price of diesel were Taraba (N254.29), Benue (N251.67) and Borno (N245.00).
Average price paid by consumers for diesel decreased by -0.01% month-on-month and increased by 2.09% year-on-year to N229.78 in January 2020 from to N229.81 in December 2019.
States with the lowest average price of diesel were Rivers (N205.31), Delta (N210.91) and Bauchi (N216.21).
