This was revealed by the National Bureau of Statistics in its “Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch for September 2021,” which can be found on its website.

The increase was 8.23 percent month over month and 21.42 percent year over year, according to the report.

According to the NBS, states with the highest average price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of cooking gas were Zamfara, whose residents paid N3,000; Kano, N2,900 and Sokoto, N2,860.

The report also stated that Osun, Edo, and Lagos states paid the lowest average price for refilling a 5kg cylinder in the month under review.

While residents of Osun State paid N1,902, those of Edo and Lagos states paid N1,901 and N1,858 respectively.

It added, “Similarly, the average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for LPG increased by 36.55 percent month-on-month and by 49.97 percent year-on-year to N6,164 in September 2021 from N4,514 in August 2021.

“States with the highest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder LPG were Cross River, N6,944; Anambra, N6,897; and Ogun, N6,779.

“States with the lowest average price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cylinder for LPG were Niger, N5,175; Borno, N5,100; and Osun N5,006.

Meanwhile, the average price per liter paid by consumers for household kerosene increased to N434.39 in September from N400.01 in August, indicating a 24.8 percent increase, year-on-year.

On a month-on-month basis, the price of household kerosene rose by 8.59 percent, the NBS said.

It gave states with the highest average price per liter of kerosene as Lagos at N605.21; Ebonyi, N553.33; and Taraba, N526.67 while the states that paid the lowest average price per liter for the product were Delta, N348.15; Katsina, N286.90; and Bayelsa, N229.17.

“Similarly, the average price per gallon paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene increased by 16.25% month over month and by 25.30% year over year to N1,540 in September 2021 from N1,325 in August 2021,” the report said.

“The highest average price per gallon of kerosene was N2,766 in Abuja, N1,981 in Bauchi, and N1,975 in Adamawa. Delta, N1218.13, Imo, N1,991, and Yobe, N1,080, were the states with the lowest average price per gallon of kerosene.”