Cooking Gas sells N900, stabilizes in Market supply

Major marketers of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) have been selling their products for N900 per kilogram, while some sell between N1000 and N1400 for some months that the product stabilized in market supply.

A market survey by Punch showed that cooking gas became more accessible towards the end of 2025, unlike the severe scarcity experienced in September and October last year.

Some consumers said they purchased LPG at rates ranging from N1,050 to N1,400.

To some, the current prices are an improvement on the steep rises seen after a rift between the Dangote refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria led to a shutdown of gas facilities in September and October.

Many consumers, however, remain hopeful that prices will fall below N1,000/kg in the new year, saying this is the only way to encourage clean cooking.

The National Chairman of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Ayobami Olarinoye, said the LPG market has been relatively stabilised, with some off takers now receiving gas supply in Apapa, Lagos.

According to Olarinoye, retail prices currently range between N1,300 and N1,400 depending on neighbourhoods.

He noted that prices could be lower at filling stations and gas plants, adding that location and logistics also influence costs.

“The LPG market is relatively stabilised. Some off-takers have gas now in Apapa.

“The retail price is between N1,300 and N1,400 per kg at retail outlets on the streets. It depends on the area and cost of logistics; it may be cheaper at fuel stations and gas plants. I am speaking for retailers,” he said.

Olarinoye added that retailers purchase from major marketers at between N960 and N1,050/kg, explaining that those selling below N1,000/kg are plant owners who do not sell to distributors.

“As retailers, we currently buy between N960 and N1,050 depending on the individual company.

“Those selling below N1,000/kg may be some of those plants that do not sell to distributors/retailers. They sell directly to end users,” he said.

The prices of cooking gas had risen from an average of N1,000 per kg to about N2,000/kg in some locations in October following the strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria during the rift with the Dangote refinery.

The Dangote refinery has once promised to crash LPG prices by selling directly to consumers.