The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said the average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased to N316.43 in June 2019 from N315.91 in May 2019.
The NBS disclosed this in its National Household Kerosene Price Watch for June released in Abuja on Tuesday.
The bureau said the price of Kerosene increased by 0.17% month-on-month and 13.14% year-on-year.
It named states with the highest average price per litre of kerosene to include Anambra (N381.25), Abia, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom (N356.67), and Enugu (N352.78).
It said the states with the lowest average price per litre of kerosene were Kwara (N254.17), Abuja (N250.00) and Benue (N249.83).
Similarly, the average price per gallon paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased by 0.49% month-on-month and 21.13% year-on-year to N1,216.53 in June 2019 from N1,210.56 in May 2019.
States with the highest average price per gallon of kerosene were Gombe (N1,456.92), Taraba (N1,355.42) & Adamawa (N1,355.00).
States with the lowest average price per gallon of kerosene were Abuja (N1,037.50) Akwa Ibom (N1,024.44) and Bayelsa (N995.45).
