DESPITE the appeal by the minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Honourable Ekperikpe Ekpo, urging marketers, distributors, and all stakeholders along the LPG (cooking gas) value chain to desist from hoarding the product and refrain from exploiting consumers for profit, the product’s scarcity persist in Lagos, Abuja, Delta States, others.
Besides, for the few available cooking gas outlets that opened for business, the prices of the product vary.
Market survey by Nigerian showed that while one kilogramme of cooking gas cost between N1,700 and N2,200 in Lagos, it costs between N1,350 and N1,500 in Abuja.
Consumer say the situation is getting out of hand and that something urgent must be done to restore nolmacy.
When contacted, the president of the National Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas of Nigeria (NALPGAN), Oladapo Olatunbosun, refused to comment. He however was optimistic that by Wednesday normalcy would have returned.
The minister of State for Petroleum, last week, in a statement, expressed concern over the recent increase in the price of cooking gas.
He appealed for calm and understanding from Nigerians, assuring that the situation is temporary and will normalise very soon.
“Supply to the domestic market is expected to stabilise by next week, leading to a gradual reduction in prices,” he said.
