By Mariam Eko
The nationwide common retail worth of refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Fuel, LPG, in any other case referred to as cooking fuel, has dropped by 21.42 % on a month-on-month, MoM foundation, to N16,195.07 in August, 2025 from N20,609.48 in July.
The Nationwide Bureau of Statistics, NBS, Liquefied Petroleum Fuel (cooking fuel) Value Watch, August 2025, disclosed that the value of fuel rose by 4.13 % on a year-on-year, YoY, foundation from N15,552.56 in July 2024.
Nevertheless, on state evaluation, Yobe state recorded the very best common retail worth for refilling a 12.5kg cylinder with N16,887.42, adopted by Adamawa with N16,872.40 and Ebonyi with N16,859.17.
The report acknowledged “conversely, the bottom common worth was recorded in Benue state with N15,102.50, adopted by Borno and Imo with N15,176.39 and N15,177.58 respectively”.
Evaluation by zone confirmed that the North –west recorded the very best common retail worth for refilling a 12.5kg cylinder pf fuel with N16,358.15, adopted by the South-east with N16,344.61 whereas the South-west recorded the bottom worth with N15,865.17.
In the meantime, the typical retail worth for refilling a 5kg cylinder of cooking fuel additionally decreased by 22.32 % on a month-on-month, MoM foundation, to N6,404.02 in August 2025 from N8,243.79 in July. On a year-on-year, YoY foundation, it decreased by 0.40 % from N6,430.02 in August 2024.
On state profile evaluation, Katsina state recorded the very best common worth for refilling a 5kg cylinder with N6,945.21, adopted by Taraba and Rivers state with N6,893.12 and N6,886.49. then again, Delta state recorded the bottom worth with N5,657.50, adopted by Bauchi and Borno with N5,721.75 and N6,070.56 respectively.
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