…As 5kg Cylinder Refilling Price Rises By 3.57%
The average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) rose by 3.57% month-on-month in May this year to N8,167.43, from N7,885.60 in the preceding month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported.
The statistics agency, in its report titled “Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch” for May 2025 published on its website on Wednesday, indicated that on a year-on-year basis, the price of refilling the same volume of cooking gas increased by 10.10% from N7,418.45 in May 2024.
Similarly, the report reflected that the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg Cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased by 2.18% on a month-on-month basis to N20,709.11 in the month under review, from N20,268.06 consumers used to refill the same volume of gas in April this year.
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However, the Bureau reported that on a year-on-year basis, the price for refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of gas surged by 32.52%, from N15,627.40 in May 2024.
A further analysis of the report on state-by-state pricing trend showed that Abia State recorded the highest average price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of cooking gas with N9,181.20 in May, followed by Ebonyi State with N9,177.32 and Rivers State with N9,174.40.
Conversely, Oyo State recorded the lowest price with N7,116.49 for 5kg cylinder refilling, followed by Niger and Plateau States with N7,142.07 and N7,177.10 respectively
Similarly, the report indicated Delta State recorded the highest average retail price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder of LPG with N23,356.46, followed by Abia State with N22,953.01 and Ebonyi State with N22,943.30.
On the other hand, the lowest average prices for refilling the same volume of cooking gas cylinder were recorded in Yobe State with N18,500.00, followed by Lagos and Kebbi States with N18,536.00 and N18,606.60, respectively.
When analyzed on zone-by-zone basis, the NBS data showed that South-South zone, with six states, recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of cooking gas with N8,760.51 in the month under review, followed by the South-East zone with N8,724.70; and the North-East zone, with six states, recorded N8,278.47 for refilling 5kg LPG cylinder during the month under review.
Also, the North-West zone followed with N7920.50 for refilling 5kg LPG cylinder during the month; the South-West zone followed with an average price of N7763.06; while the North-Central zone, with seven states including the Federal Capital Territory, recorded the lowest prices with N7,759.38.
Similarly, on the price of refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of LPG in May this year, the Bureau reported that the South-South zone recorded the highest average retail price with N22,026.26; followed by the South-East zone with N21,811.76, while the North-West zone , with seven states, recorded the lowest price at N19,944.10.
It would be recalled that in April 2025, the NBS; data showed that average retail price for refilling a 5Kg cylinder of LPG rose by 7.69% month-on-month to N7,885.60, from N7,322.49 consumers paid to refill the same volume of gas in the preceding month..
Similarly, the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg cylinder increased by 9.82% to N20,268.06 in April, from N18,456.24 in March this year.
The Bureau’s data further reflected that on a year-on-year basis, the average price for refilling a 5kg cylinder rose by 20.92% to N7,885.60 in April this year, from N6,521.58 in the preceding month.
