The cooking gas prices affected N3200/kg despite the end of dress …

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas, the prices continued to climb through Nigeria, leaving many families frustrated, the revealed businessday checks.

According to the survey, cooking gas prices increased by N3200 per kilogram in some parts of the country. Indicating a 100 % increase compared to the N1600 per kg recorded three days ago.

Previously, Businessday reported that cooking gas prices had already increased by 33 % in the key cities, forcing families to consume rations.

This arrived days after the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (Pengassan) suspended its strike against the oil refinery of the Dangote.

The industrial action, which interrupted the gas supply chains and triggered a peak of costs, was officially canceled at the beginning of this week after the government’s intervention.

However, the prices of the liquefied oil gas (LPG) remain high, with checks showing wide disparities depending on the position.

In Lagos, residents reported strong increases. Ahmed said that Gas now sells for n1,600 per kilogram in Oille, while Oyin noticed that the prices had risen to N2,000 in Ikorodu.

Fadeke Popola, who lives in Sabo Yaba, near the University of Lagos, said he paid N3.200 per kilogram of kitchen gases, more than double the price of weeks ago.

Throughout the country, a 12.5 kg cylinder is now sold for between N16.500 and N18,000, compared to N12.750 just a week ago, according to the controls and market data.

The inexorable wave raised online insulting, with many complaining about the way the crisis is squeezing families budgets.

“If you see someone who sells kitchen gases as a means of sustenance, embrace them and prizes money in their palms. The price of the GNL has increased and is it difficult to even arrive. Which country of Kain is this? No gas and no sale,” wrote @Macazeee on X.

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Another user, @zoyabloom, published: “I hate being Nigerian. Cooking the gas is not good. This place makes me sick.”

@_realkingsley also shared a photo of a sabo tail, Ikorodu, asking: “Cooking the scarcity of gas. No gas in my area. Once again, I ask, is the war on Pengassan already touches the Nigerians?”

@Azizolurhemmy added: “Please, how much does the kitchen cost in your area? This price I feel is as if they wanted to sell me the gas system.”

Despite the truce, the interested parties of the sector affirm that the offer remains bound.

Olatunbosun Oladapo, national president of the Nigerian association of Liquefied oil marketers (Nalpgam), told journalists that the strike paralyzed the operations of gas systems, especially in the south -ovest.

“Dangote, our main supplier in terms of the availability and convenience of the product, has yet to release loading invoices to our members who have outstanding products with the company for more than three weeks, forcing marketing experts to buy from other high -rate competitors,” he said.

According to reports, other suppliers took advantage of the supply gaps to increase their prices, aggravating the situation for retailers and consumers. (Businessday)

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