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The scarcity of cooking state (LPG) successful large Nigerian cities, including Lagos, Ogun, and Ibadan, has caused crisp terms increases and wide shortages. This is attributed chiefly to the three-day lipid workers’ strike, which chopped the state proviso crossed the country.
Price increases were besides recorded successful different parts of the country, including Port Harcourt, Cross River, Kano and Kaduna States
Recall that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) had embarked connected a nationwide onslaught past week to protestation unit retrenchments astatine Dangote Refinery.
Though the onslaught has been suspended, state retailers said that the disruption successful proviso led to rationing, banal depletion astatine galore outlets, and soaring prices from N1,000 to arsenic overmuch arsenic N1,800 per kilogramme successful affected areas.
Checks uncover that successful Abuja, the outgo of refilling a 12.5kg cooking state cylinder soared from N13,000 to a scope of N17,000 to N18,750 depending connected the location. Key commercialized districts specified arsenic Wuse, Garki, and Kubwa study higher prices, with 1kg of liquefied petroleum state (LPG) retailing betwixt N1,350 and N1,500. Some outlets successful Jabi, pricing 12.5kg cylinders astir N17,000,
It was gathered that astir retailers did not person the merchandise arsenic of Sunday morning, portion those with banal besides accrued their prices.
Gas scarcity crossed Lagos and Ogun State metropolises has affected pricing, arsenic Ikg of state soared implicit the weekend.
As of past week, 1 kg of state outgo N1,000 successful Lagos State and N1,100 successful Ogun State state stations.
However, arsenic of Friday, the terms had soared to N1,300 and went up to N1,400 connected Saturday. Those who bought state connected Sunday said a Kg went for N1,500 astatine state stations, portion retailers sold astatine betwixt N1,600 and N1,800 per kg.
An attendant astatine Ogun Gas Station on Ibogun Road successful the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State disclosed to our analogous that, scarcity started past Tuesday erstwhile they couldn’t get the needed proviso his steadfast demanded.
He said his presumption was conscionable rationing the aged stock, which finished connected Saturday.
As of the clip of this report, galore retailer outlets visited by our analogous had tally retired of stock, portion those that had the banal were selling for arsenic precocious arsenic N1,800 per kg.
An Ogun State resident, Mrs Oluwole Adenike, said helium couldn’t get state astatine the 2 state stations helium checked yesterday and had to bargain it astatine a retail store successful her neighbourhood for N1,800 per Kg.
“I conscionable had to bargain 2 kg until the concern subsides, ” she said.
A Lagos resident, Mr Temidayo Ogunbowale, said helium observed the scarcity connected Thursday erstwhile helium wanted to refill his state cylinder. He said helium bought the erstwhile 1 that finished astatine N1 000 per kg but that helium purchased the existent 1 from state stations astatine N1,300 per Kg connected Thursday.
The scarcity of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), besides known arsenic cooking gas, has deed Ibadan, Oyo State, arsenic residents scramble for the indispensable commodity.
It was gathered that residents of the past metropolis person been experiencing the scarcity since Friday, arsenic astir of the stations that merchantability astatine wholesale and retail levels were not dispensing the merchandise owed to the shortage.
However, astir of the state stations and depots that had the commodity successful banal experienced a ample turnout of residents anxious to bargain it.
As a result, the terms of LPG has besides been increased, arsenic a kilogramme of LPG, which antecedently went for betwixt N900 and N950 successful immoderate depots astatine wholesale, is present being sold for betwixt N1,000 and N1,100.
It was besides gathered that a lkiogramme of LPG, which antecedently sold for betwixt N1,100 and N1,300 astatine retailers’ shops, is present going for betwixt N1,300 and N1,500, portion it goes beyond N1,500 successful immoderate distant areas, particularly places acold from the city.
A sojourn to an LPG outlet belonging to BOVAS Petroleum Station revealed that a kilogramme of LPG was sold for N1,070 arsenic of Saturday, October 4, 2025.
This contradicted the terms obtainable astatine the outlet connected September 15, 2025, erstwhile a kilogramme of LPG sold for N970.
The concern successful Awotan, Apete, and different communities successful Ido Local Government Area was not antithetic from what was happening successful different section authorities areas of the past city.
A nonmigratory who spoke with our analogous noted that a litre of LPG was sold astatine a Gasland presumption connected Thursday for N1,000.
She said this was contrary to what was obtainable successful erstwhile months, saying “Cooking state terms has increased. We bought it successful Olodo astatine Gasland astatine the complaint of N1,000. It was God that saved us. It is scarce now”.
Another nonmigratory said the scarcity mightiness beryllium connected to the ongoing situation wrong the sector, adding ,“You tin spot the queue. I person ne'er seen this before.
“It whitethorn beryllium owed to the situation of the tanker drivers and...
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