The Federal Government has announced plans to expand its National Grassroots LPG Penetration Programme to more than 10 million Nigerian homes by 2060 as part of efforts to promote clean cooking nationwide. The programme, implemented by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources (Gas) in collaboration with the Decade of Gas Initiative, was launched in Akwa…
The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) has skyrocketed from N700/kg in June 2023 around when President Bola Tinubu assumed office to N1,500/kg in October 2024, The PUNCH reports. This represents about a 114 percent increase within 16 months. Our correspondent gathered that the increase in LPG is connected to the rising exchange rate…
Refilling a 5-kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), usually costs N7,418.45 in May 2024, up from N4,360.69 in May 2023. This is a year-on-year increase of 70.12%. According to the NBS, Benue had the highest average cost of N8,012.03 for refilling a 5 kg gas cylinder in May 2024, followed by Enugu at N7,926.21 and Ondo…
