Households suffer as cooking gas shortage worsens, rises to N25,000

By Udeme Akpan & Ime-Udoma Richmond

The terms of refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, besides known arsenic cooking gas, has accrued to N25,000 this week from N17,500 the erstwhile week.

Checks by Vanguard confirmed that the terms of 1kg presently retails astatine betwixt N1, 500 and N2, 000, depending connected the location.

Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, NALPGAM, Mr. Bassey Essien, told Vanguard connected telephone yesterday that the organisation of the merchandise was disrupted by the caller concern enactment by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN.

He said: “Dangote Petroleum Refinery is presently the highest section supplier of cooking state successful Nigeria. The situation involving PENGASSAN scuttled distribution. Many dealers could not replenish their stocks during the period.

‘’What we are witnessing is simply a relation of request and supply. In practice, the request for cooking state is higher than supply. But proviso would apt stabilise successful the coming days, pursuing solution of the conflict.”

Checks by Vanguard besides showed that galore state plants without the merchandise were unopen down yesterday successful Lagos and its environs, making consumers to determination from 1 spot to different successful hunt of gas.

Recently, Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, disclosed that the refinery was presently producing 2,000 tonnes of LPG per day, adding that it planned to summation output further successful bid to conscionable the nation’s demand.

Dangote, who expressed concerns astir Nigeria’s vigor poverty, said: “If the distributors are not trying to bring it down, we’ll spell straight and merchantability to consumers truthful that radical volition present transit from firewood oregon kerosene to LPG for cooking.”

Before the involution of the refinery, the nation’s LPG request was mostly met by the NLNG Limited.
In a study obtained yesterday, the NLNG limited, stated: “At NLNG, we are committed to making clean, reliable vigor accessible to each Nigerian home. Since 2007, nether our Domestic LPG, DLPG, scheme, we person been supplying Butane – commonly known arsenic cooking state – to homes crossed Nigeria.

“Over the years, we person steadily accrued the measurement reserved for the home market. In 2022, we took a bold measurement and committed 100% of our Butane accumulation to Nigeria’s home needs. Thanks to this commitment, each of our Butane output is present afloat absorbed locally.

“To get cooking state to Nigerian homes efficiently, NLNG supplies Butane to selected partners (our Off-takers) done approved coastal LPG terminals.

“These terminals are presently located successful Lagos and Rivers States, with much facilities successful Delta State nether reappraisal – and plans underway to grow to adjacent much locations. By reaching antithetic regions, we are bringing cooking state person to consumers.

‘’We person besides chartered a dedicated vas to guarantee regular, reliable transportation of Butane to these terminals, making cooking state much available, accessible, affordable, and acceptable crossed the country.”

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