Cooking gas prices have hit a staggering ₦1,500 to ₦1,700 per kilogram, prompting the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) to warn of potential public outrage against station operators.
Marketers are also feeling the pinch, shelling out up to ₦26.2 million for a 20-metric-tonne truck.
NALPGAM National President Mr. Edu Inyang has called on the Federal Government to urgently stabilize supply and pricing.
He warned that the current trend leaves low-income earners, households, and small businesses facing severe financial strain, pushing a basic necessity out of reach for millions.
“It is sad and rather very pathetic to inform the general public that Nigerians have woken up to buy cooking gas, which should be a social item, at a prohibitive cost of over N1,500 per kilogram.
“We feel that if the situation is not immediately checked, citizens may rise against owners of gas filling stations”, Inyang said.
He attributed the rising cost of LPG to persistent supply shortages, high depot prices, logistics bottlenecks and escalating operational costs faced by marketers nationwide.
Inyang warned that the price surge is derailing years of progress in Nigeria’s clean energy drive, noting that many households are already reverting to firewood and charcoal.
This shift, he stated, poses severe risks to public health, environmental sustainability, and national clean energy targets.
He further cautioned that a failure to address the crisis could worsen food inflation, trigger job losses, cripple small retail businesses, and erode investor confidence.
To avert this, NALPGAM called for immediate, coordinated action from the Federal Government, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the NMDPRA, NNPC Ltd., and domestic producers.
The association recommended boosting domestic supply allocations, ensuring transparent distribution, removing import bottlenecks, and deploying strategic interventions to make cooking gas affordable again.
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