Nigerians are paying higher for cooking gas cylinder refills – NBS

• Cooking gas refill for 5kg cylinder rose by 70.62% in one year
• 5kg cylinder refilling across geopolitical zones
• 12.5kg cylinder refilling across geopolitical zones 

In a year, the cost of refilling a 5 kg cylinder of cooking gas increased by 70.62%.

This is based on information from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) November 2022 release of its Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Price Watch.

Refilling a 5 kg cylinder increased by 70.62% from N2,627.94 in October 2021, according to data, while refilling a 12.5 kg cylinder increased by 51.40% from N6,638.27 in October 2021.

The data also reveals that in October 2022, Nigerians spent up to N4,483.75 to replenish a 5kg cylinder of cooking gas, often known as LPG. They spent up to N10,050.53 in October 2022 to replenish a 12.5kg LPG cylinder.

The Nigerian government announced in September 2022 that it intended to create the Gas Funding Company Limited in order to infuse 20 million LPG cylinders over the course of the following five years.

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Refilling a 5 kg cylinder of cooking gas climbed by 0.21% month over month from N4,474.48 recorded in September 2022 to N4,483.75 in October 2022, according to the LPG price watch report. Additionally, the monthly cost of refilling a 12.5-kilogram cylinder increased by 1.45% from N9 906.44 in September 2022 to N10 050.53 in October 2022.

Data Breakdown

According to the LPG price watch report, the following states had the lowest prices for a 5kg cylinder refill of cooking gas as of October 2022:

Abia – N4,045.45

Kano – N4,100

Delta – N4,139.29

As of October 2022, the following states have the highest cooking gas prices for a 5kg cylinder refill:

Kwara – N4,955

Niger – N4,950

Adamawa – N4,940.29

According to the LPG price watch report, the following states had the lowest prices for a 12.5kg cylinder refill of cooking gas as of October 2022:

Yobe – N8,533.33

Sokoto – N9,100

Katsina – N9,202.86

As of October 2022, the following states have the highest cooking gas prices for 12.5kg cylinder refills:

Cross River – N10,986.11

Oyo – N10,826.56

Kogi – N10,783.33

Gas cylinder refilling across geopolitical zones

Cross-geopolitical 5 kg cylinder refilling: For people in all geopolitical zones, there are different pricing in the study. We list these:

North Central – N4,726.07

North West – N4,454.004

North East – N4,577.86

South East – N4,332.28

South West – N4,475.63

South South – N4,275.92

Refilling a 12.5 kg cylinder in several geopolitical areas: Prices for residents differ within the report’s geopolitical zones. Here are those:

North Central – N10,212.64

North West – N9,643.27

North East – N9,501.05

South East – 10,254.10

South West – 10,312.87

South South – N10,454.04

94% of Nigerians lack access to clean cooking fuel, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) 2022 Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index. This indicates that 94% of Nigeria’s 216 million population currently does not prepare their meals with liquefied petroleum gas. Firewood, charcoal, and dung are the main sources of cooking fuel in Nigeria, along with kerosene for those who can afford it.

Source: Nairametrics