The shortage of cooking fuel (LPG) in main Nigerian cities, together with Lagos, Ogun, and Ibadan, has triggered sharp worth will increase and widespread shortages. That is attributed primarily to the three-day oil staff’ strike, which minimize the fuel provide throughout the nation.
Worth will increase had been additionally recorded in different elements of the nation, together with Port Harcourt, Cross River, Kano and Kaduna States
Recall that the Petroleum and Pure Fuel Senior Employees Affiliation of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) had launched into a nationwide strike final week to protest workers retrenchments at Dangote Refinery.
Although the strike has been suspended, fuel retailers stated that the disruption in provide led to rationing, inventory depletion at many retailers, and hovering costs from N1,000 to as a lot as N1,800 per kilogramme in affected areas.
Checks reveal that in Abuja, the price of refilling a 12.5kg cooking fuel cylinder soared from N13,000 to a spread of N17,000 to N18,750 relying on the situation. Key business districts akin to Wuse, Garki, and Kubwa report increased costs, with 1kg of liquefied petroleum fuel (LPG) retailing between N1,350 and N1,500. Some shops in Jabi, pricing 12.5kg cylinders round N17,000,
It was gathered that the majority retailers didn’t have the product as of Sunday morning, whereas these with inventory additionally elevated their costs.
Fuel shortage throughout Lagos and Ogun State metropolises has affected pricing, as Ikg of fuel soared over the weekend.
As of final week, 1 kg of fuel price N1,000 in Lagos State and N1,100 in Ogun State fuel stations.
Nonetheless, as of Friday, the worth had soared to N1,300 and went as much as N1,400 on Saturday. Those that purchased fuel on Sunday stated a Kg went for N1,500 at fuel stations, whereas retailers bought at between N1,600 and N1,800 per kg.
An attendant at Ogun Fuel Station alongside Ibogun Highway within the Ifo Native Authorities Space of Ogun State disclosed to our correspondent that, shortage began final Tuesday after they couldn’t get the wanted provide his agency demanded.
He stated his station was simply rationing the previous inventory, which completed on Saturday.
As of the time of this report, many retailer shops visited by our correspondent had run out of inventory, whereas people who had the inventory had been promoting for as excessive as N1,800 per kg.
An Ogun State resident, Mrs Oluwole Adenike, stated he couldn’t get fuel on the two fuel stations he checked yesterday and had to purchase it at a retail store in her neighbourhood for N1,800 per Kg.
“I simply had to purchase 2 kg till the scenario subsides, ” she stated.
A Lagos resident, Mr Temidayo Ogunbowale, stated he noticed the shortage on Thursday when he wished to refill his fuel cylinder. He stated he purchased the earlier one which completed at N1 000 per kg however that he bought the present one from fuel stations at N1,300 per Kg on Thursday.
The shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Fuel (LPG), also called cooking fuel, has hit Ibadan, Oyo State, as residents scramble for the important commodity.
It was gathered that residents of the traditional metropolis have been experiencing the shortage since Friday, as many of the stations that promote at wholesale and retail ranges weren’t allotting the product as a result of scarcity.
Nonetheless, many of the fuel stations and depots that had the commodity in inventory skilled a big turnout of residents keen to purchase it.
Because of this, the worth of LPG has additionally been elevated, as a kilogramme of LPG, which beforehand went for between N900 and N950 in some depots at wholesale, is now being bought for between N1,000 and N1,100.
It was additionally gathered {that a} lkiogramme of LPG, which beforehand bought for between N1,100 and N1,300 at retailers’ retailers, is now going for between N1,300 and N1,500, whereas it goes past N1,500 in some distant areas, particularly locations removed from the town.
A go to to an LPG outlet belonging to BOVAS Petroleum Station revealed {that a} kilogramme of LPG was bought for N1,070 as of Saturday, October 4, 2025.
This contradicted the worth obtainable on the outlet on September 15, 2025, when a kilogramme of LPG bought for N970.
The scenario in Awotan, Apete, and different communities in Ido Native Authorities Space was not totally different from what was taking place in different native authorities areas of the traditional metropolis.
A resident who spoke with our correspondent famous {that a} litre of LPG was bought at a Gasland station on Thursday for N1,000.
She stated this was opposite to what was obtainable in earlier months, saying “Cooking fuel worth has elevated. We purchased it in Olodo at Gasland on the fee of N1,000. It was God that saved us. It’s scarce now”.
One other resident stated the shortage is likely to be linked to the continuing disaster inside the sector, including ,“You possibly can see the queue. I’ve by no means seen this earlier than.
“It might be as a result of disaster of the tanker drivers and Dangote. You realize that they’re having a disaster”.
A retailer who spoke with journalists on Sunday at Awotan, and begged to not be talked about, stated that almost all of outlets didn’t have the product.
“We don’t have it now. I can’t say that is the present worth. The final one we bought, we bought on the fee of N1,400,” the retailer stated.
