4 weeks ago
6
The terms of Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG), commonly known arsenic cooking gas, continues to emergence amid acute scarcity successful the Kano metropolis.
Some of the residents, who spoke successful abstracted interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the inclination exposed them to difficulties successful accessing the product.
A cheque by NAN connected Wednesday successful Kano revealed that agelong queues person formed astatine the disposable state stations/depots, portion others person tally retired of the product’s stock.
Prices had accrued by 25 percent owed to the scarcity of the merchandise implicit the past 5 days.
One kilogram of cooking state is being sold betwixt N1,800 and N2,000, depending connected the location, portion refilling a 12.5kg cylinder costs betwixt N20,000 and N25,000, arsenic opposed to its erstwhile prices of N1,200 and N14,000, respectively.
Nura Bala, a nonmigratory of Hausawa quarters, said the hike successful cooking state prices was causing a dense drain connected his pocket.
“Cooking state terms has increased. We bought it astatine N1,500 per kilogramme owed to scarcity,” helium said.
Michelle Emeka, a nonmigratory of the Sabon Gari country of the metropolis, said she purchased a three-kilogram cylinder of the merchandise for N6,000.
She attributed the scarcity to a drastic driblet successful the proviso of the merchandise successful the area.
“You tin spot the queue. I’ve ne'er seen this before,” she said.
Another customer, Saleh Idris, who lives successful Rijiyar Zaki quarters, decried the hike successful the state terms occasioned by acute scarcity of the product.
“I’ve ne'er witnessed this benignant of concern before, radical are waiting connected the queue for hours to get gas. The terms is expanding daily,” said Idris.
A dealer, Sani Muhammad, stated that large state depots had tally retired of banal of the product, which led to a scarcity successful metropolitan Kano.
“We don’t person LPG now. I can’t accidental the existent price. The past 1 was sold betwixt N1,350 and N1,450 per kg,” helium said.
According to Muhammad, astir of the stations are closed oregon dispensing successful constricted quantities, thereby worsening the concern for consumers.
Muhammad besides attributed the scarcity to the concern situation betwixt the tanker drivers’ national and Dangote refinery.
NAN reports a important summation successful the usage of charcoal for home purposes owed to the scarcity of cooking gas.
The inclination led to the proliferation of charcoal merchantability outlets crossed the metropolis, occasioned by the precocious patronage.
The station Kano residents lament soaring cooking state prices appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
English (US) ·