COOKING GAS: KOGI, PLATEAU and ABUJA PAY LOWEST PRICE TO REFILL IN OCTOBER – NBS

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Residents of Kogi, Plateau and Abuja states paid the lowest average price for cooking gas than their counterparts around the country in September, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said in a report.

The comparison is based on the latest “Cooking Gas  Price Watch for November’’ released by the bureau, in Abuja, on Monday, Brand Spur Nigeria reports.
In the report signed by the Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive, NBS, Dr. Yemi Kale and made available to BrandSpur Nigeria, the bureau said the Average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased by 0.16% month-on-month and 21.16% year-on-year to N2,377.81 in November 2017 from N2,374.07 in October 2017.
States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) were Benue (N2,740.00), Osun (N2,616.66) and Enugu (N2,563.00).
States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) were Kogi (N2,100.00), Plateau (N2,008.33) and Abuja (N2,000.00).