…Kerosene at N303; Diesel, N229
OpeOluwani Akintayo
Lagos — The average price paid by consumers for premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol, was N145.30 in March, same figure for February 2019.
Newly-released data by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said while states with the highest average price per litre were Oyo (N146.50), Plateau (N146.55) and Taraba (N150.55), lowest average price for petrol were paid by consumers in Ogun (N143.06), Imo (N143.18) and Ekiti (N143.47).
On the flip side, average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene decreased by 0.49% month-on-month and increased by 12.99% year-on-year to N303.94 in March 2019 from N305.44 in February 2019.
States with the highest average price per litre were Anambra (N329.09), Ebonyi (N326.83), and Ondo (N326.67).
States with the lowest average price per litre were Gombe (N255.38), Niger (N278.02) and Kaduna (N279.75).
Similarly, average price per gallon paid by consumers for Kerosene decreased by -1.56% month-on-month and increased by 26.25% year-on-year to N1190.89 in March 2019 from N1209.73 in February 2019.
States with the highest average price per gallon were Borno (N1357.14), Jigawa (N1283.33) and Katsina (N1278.13).
States with the lowest average price per gallon were Bayelsa (N1,022.37) Kogi (N1,075.00) and Plateau (N1,090.35).
For Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking gas), average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder decreased by -0.16% month-on-month and -1.25% year-on-year to N2,064.45 in March 2019 from N2,067.68 in February 2019.
States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder were Bauchi (N2,500.00), Cross River (N2,400.00) and Adamawa (N2,375.00), while those with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking gas) were Kaduna (N1,740.17), Enugu (N1,769.23) and Osun (N1,785.29).
Similarly, average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for cooking gas increased by 0.34% month-on-month and 0.14% year-on-year to N4,259.48 in March 2019 from N4,244.19 in February 2019.
While states with the highest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder were Cross River (N4,753.57), Akwa Ibom (N4,745.00) and Abia (N4,688.89), those with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder were Kano (N3,787.50), Oyo (N3,802.78) and Adamawa (N3925.00)
The Bureau said average price paid by consumers for automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) increased by 1.58% month-on-month and 11.02% year-on-year to N229.16 in March 2019 from to N225.61 in February 2019.
States with the highest average price of diesel were Borno (N246.67), Niger (N241.88) and Imo (N240.50)
States with the lowest average price of diesel were Ekiti (N203.95), Plateau (N217.00) and Rivers (N218.00).
