Cooking Gas Price Don Reach ₦3,500 Per kg Even Though NBS Talk Say E Don Drop

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) talk say average cost to refill 5kg Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinder drop from ₦8,243.79 for July to ₦6,404.02 for August 2025, but retail price don sharply increase for parts of Lagos and Ogun State. One market survey don show say gas now dey sell between ₦1,800 and ₦3,500 per kilogram, depending on area, wey make many people dey find other cooking options. For Ijeshatedo, Lagos, one customer talk say e tire her well well. Retailers dey sell between ₦3,000 and ₦3,500 per kg, filling stations dey sell for ₦2,500, but long queue full everywhere. She talk say she spend hours to find gas di day before and e hard, so some people don begin use charcoal or electric cooker. For Atan, Ogun State, people dey buy gas between ₦2,000 and ₦2,500 under tough conditions, while Igando residents dey pay between ₦1,800 and ₦2,000 depending on where dem dey.

Olatunbosun Oladapo, Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers president, talk say di price jump na because Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria strike and Dangote Refinery maintenance dey cause wahala. Im talk say most LPG we dey use now na local production, import no too dey, and if person import now, e fit lose money because local supply don increase. Strike affect vessel berthing for Lagos, but NLNG supply Port Harcourt well, so South-South no suffer. Normal supply go soon return as loading go full ground. Energy expert, Dr Ayodele Oni, talk say even though gas production don improve, shortage still dey because plenty LPG still dey export instead of go local market. Im say domestic gas sales rise 22% year-on-year to about 65,632 metric tonnes for March 2025, but most LPG still dey export, no dey enter local bottling and retail well.