The price of refilling a 5kg cooking gas cylinder dropped by 0.96 percent to N8,243.79 in July 2025 from N8,323.95 recorded in June 2025, with highest rates recorded in Adamawa, Rivers and Carabao states.
According to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, the cost of a 12.5 kg cylinder of cooking gas also dropped from N21,010.56 to N20,609.48 in July. But increased by 44 percent from N14,261.57 in July 2024.
“The average retail price for refilling a 12.5 kg cylinder of liquefied petroleum gas (cooking gas) decreased by 1.91 percent on a month-on-month basis from N21,010.56 in June 2025 to N20,609.48 in July 2025.
“On a year-on-year basis, this rose by 44.51 per cent from N14,261.57 in July 2024,” the Bureau stated.
Adamawa recorded the highest average retail price for the refilling of a 12.5kg cooking gas in the period with N22,528.39, followed by Rivers with N22,512.49 and Taraba with N22,363.57.
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While the lowest average price was recorded in Yobe with N19,030.00, followed by Niger and Nasarawa with N19,154.99 and N20,000.62, respectively.
The report also indicated that South-South recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 12.5 kg cooking gas with N21,278.14, followed by the South-East with N20,802.89, while the South-West recorded the lowest price with N20,184.79.
