Cooking Gas Scarcity Don Worsen As Lagos Price Don Hit All-Time High

Price of cooking gas don waka go sky as Lagosians dey groan under heavy cost, with households and small businesses now dey cut down usage. For different areas across di city on Monday, one kilogramme of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) dey sell between N2,500 and N3,000, serious jump from di N1,000 wey dem dey buy am for August. To refill 12.5kg cylinder now dey cost pass N25,000 for places like Amuwo Odofin and Surulere, according to wetin dem observe for ground. Di Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, don vex and order regulatory agencies to clamp down on people wey dey hoard or hike price. For him statement through spokesperson Louis Ibah, Ekpo talk say, “This situation no be wetin we go accept. Government no go allow small group exploit citizens,” as he assure say normal supply go bounce back within one week.

Officials don blame di price wahala on two major problems, strike wey Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) do for Dangote refinery, and maintenance work wey still dey go on for Nigeria LNG Train 4 facility. Both issues don reduce di amount of LPG wey enter market. Even though dem don suspend di strike since almost two weeks now, gas supply never balance. Many gas depots for Apapa and Ikeja still dey operate below capacity as tankers dey queue long hours to load. National Bureau of Statistics data show say this kain increase na total reverse from wetin happen for August 2025, when average price of 12.5kg cylinder drop by 21.42% to N16,195.07, before everything turn around with dis new sharp rise.