Cooking Gas Price Soars to N1,700 Per Kg as Marketers Raise Alarm

The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has raised serious concerns over the continuous increase in the price of cooking gas across the country, warning that the worsening situation could trigger public anger against operators of gas filling plants if urgent intervention is not introduced.

The association disclosed that cooking gas now sells between N1,500 and N1,700 per kilogram in several parts of the country, placing severe financial pressure on millions of Nigerian households already battling rising living costs.

NALPGAM also revealed that marketers currently pay between N25.2 million and N26.2 million for a 20-metric-tonne truck of liquefied petroleum gas, depending on location and supply logistics.

Speaking on the development, the National President of the association, Mr. Edu Inyang, appealed to the Federal Government and key industry regulators to urgently intervene and stabilise supply and pricing within the LPG market.

According to him, the escalating prices have made cooking gas increasingly unaffordable for ordinary Nigerians, particularly low-income households, food vendors, small businesses and commercial operators who depend heavily on LPG for daily activities.

“It is sad and rather very pathetic to inform the general public that Nigerians have woken up to buy cooking gas, which should ordinarily be a social commodity, at prohibitive prices exceeding N1,500 per kilogram,” Inyang stated.

“We fear that if this situation continues unchecked, frustrated citizens may eventually direct their anger toward operators of gas filling stations.”

The association attributed the rising prices to persistent supply shortages, increasing depot costs, logistics bottlenecks, foreign exchange instability, transportation expenses and growing operational costs faced by marketers nationwide.

NALPGAM warned that the worsening affordability crisis threatens to reverse years of progress made toward promoting clean energy adoption in Nigeria.

According to the association, many families are already abandoning cooking gas and returning to traditional fuels such as firewood and charcoal due to the unbearable cost of LPG.

The marketers stressed that such a trend poses serious risks to public health, environmental sustainability and Nigeria’s broader clean energy objectives.

They further warned that prolonged instability in the LPG market could worsen food inflation, trigger job losses among small retailers, discourage investment within the sector and further deepen economic hardship for consumers.

NALPGAM therefore called on the Federal Government, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, NNPC Limited, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), domestic producers and all stakeholders within the LPG value chain to urgently coordinate efforts aimed at restoring price stability and improving supply availability nationwide.