Cooking gas has continued its sharp climb across Nigeria, with prices hitting as high as ₦3,200 per kilogramme, leaving households reeling from higher costs.
Checks revealed that the price more than doubled in just three days, jumping from ₦1,600/kg to ₦3,200/kg. A 12.5kg cylinder now retails between ₦16,500 and ₦18,000, up from around ₦12,750 last week.
The surge comes barely days after the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) suspended its strike against Dangote Petroleum Refinery.
The industrial action disrupted supply chains and sent costs soaring, and although government mediation secured a truce, prices remain elevated with wide disparities depending on location.
In Lagos, residents reported steep increases. In Sabo Yaba, near the University of Lagos, Fadeke Popoola said she paid ₦3,200/kg.
The frustration has spilt onto social media, with many venting over how the crisis is straining family budgets.
“Cooking gas being scarce is not okay. This place makes me sick,” wrote one user on X. Another lamented, “The price I am hearing is like they want to sell the gas plant to me.”
Industry stakeholders say supply remains constrained despite the end of the strike.
Olatunbosun Oladapo, President of the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM), told reporters that Dangote Refinery has yet to release loading invoices for marketers with pending products for over three weeks.
“Marketers have been forced to buy from other competitors at higher rates, and some suppliers are exploiting the situation by raising prices further,” Oladapo said.
