As cooking gas price rises further, kerosene, diesel drop

As prices of cooking gas otherwise known as Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) across Nigeria continue to rise despite significant increase in local production of the product, the average pump price of National Household Kerosene (NHK) has dropped to N400.01 per litre, representing a 7.9 per cent decline compared to N434.39 per litre in September this year.

Prices of Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) also fell by 0.16 per cent this week to N254.21 from N254.64 as of September ending 2021.

According to the latest report on the LPG by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the product supplied in September 2021 increased to 49,453.081 metric tonnes, MT, shows an increase of 23 per cent when compared to 38,040.457MT recorded in August 2021.

A survey by newstrends shows that 12.5 kilogramme of cooking gas, which was sold at N4,000 in January 2021, rose to N7,200 in August 2021 and currently N7,700.

On kerosene, latest data from globalpetrolprices.com indicated that as of this week, the price per gallon of kerosene stood at N1,514.20 while price per gallon of  diesel stood at N962.29.

When compared to statistics from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) the kerosene and diesel watch for September, prices paid per gallon of the NKH fell by 1.73 per cent.

The NBS September report, “Average price per liter paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased by 8.6 per cent month-on-month and by 24.8 per cent year-on-year (YoY)  to N434.39 in September 2021 from N400.01 in August 2021.

“Similarly, average price per gallon paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased by 16.25 per cent MoM and by 25.3 YoY to N1, 540.82 in September 2021 from N1, 325.39 in August 2021.

“States with the highest average price per gallon of kerosene were Abuja (N2, 766.67), Bauchi (N1, 981.54) and Adamawa (N1,975.00).

“States with the lowest average price per gallon of kerosene were Delta (N1218.13), Imo (N1991.23) and Yobe (N1,080.00).”

On diesel, the NBS said, “Average price paid by consumers for Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) increased by 0.17 per cent MoM and by 15.9 per cent YoY   to N254.64 in September 2021 from N254.21 in August 2021.”