10 Cheapest, Most Expensive States To Buy Cooking Gas in Nigeria
- New data from the NBS has shown the average cost of refilling a 5kg and 12.5kg cooking gas cylinder in Nigeria
- The bureau showed that Nigerians are currently paying more compared to the same period in the previous month and year
- There are 10 states where residents buy less, and in other states, the average price is higher than the national average
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The National Bureau of Statistics, in its latest Price Watch report, disclosed that the cost of refilling Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders, also known as cooking gas, has increased again.
According to the bureau, the price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of LPG rose by 7.69% month-on-month, reaching N7,885.60 from N7,322.49 recorded in March 2025.
Source: UGC
The April price, when compared year-on-year, marked a substantial 20.92% increase from the N6,521.58 that Nigerians paid in April 2024.
Similarly, the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg LPG cylinder rose by 9.82% month-on-month to N20,268.06, up from N18,456.24 in March 2025.
Year-on-year, this represented a 29.61% rise from April 2024's N15,637.74, Punch reports.
Cooking gas prices: NBS explains data method
The NBS explained that the fieldwork was carried out solely by over 700 of its staff across all states of the federation, supported by supervisors and monitored by both internal and external observers.
It noted:
"Gas Prices are collected across all the 774 local governments across all States and the FCT from over 10,000 respondents and outlets and the estimates reflect the weights derived from estimates of household expenditures on gas and the actual prices households bought different KG of gases.
The average prices are reported for each state and the country.
The NBS audit team subsequently conducts randomly selected verification of prices recorded."
10 most expensive states(12.5kg)
- Imo: N22,938.73
- Delta: N22,831.70
- Rivers: N22,759.56
- Ebonyi: N22,168.09k
- Taraba: N22,010.27
- Kano: N21,799.90
- Akwa Ibom: N21,638.98
- Bayelsa: N21,476.51
- Bauchi: N21,171.81
- Cross River: N21,105.61
Source: Getty Images
10 cheapest states(12.5kg)
- Taraba: N18,080.27
- Nasarawa: N18,106.85
- Kwara: N18,173.67
- Katsina: N18,193.81
- Ekiti: N18,249.80
- Yobe: N18,488.67
- Jigawa: N18,671.04
- Lagos: N18,944.06
- Ondo: N19,143.81
- Abuja (FCT): N19,248.61
Cooking gas prices increase at depots
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the price of cooking gas for dealers had increased, including at some NNPC filling stations.
Plant owners intending to lift 20 metric tonnes of cooking gas on Monday, 23 June, from NIPCO and Ardova depots were expected to pay N18.5 million — an increase of N500,000 compared to the previous week.
Dangote is reportedly selling 20MT at N19 million, while RAINOIL in Lagos has also raised its price by N40 to N930 per kilogram for marketers.
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