Cooking gas: Consumers lament rising cost, fear reduction not in sight

Nigerians, who bared their minds in Osogbo, revealed to DAILY POST that cooking gas is gradually becoming a luxury commodity because it is slipping out of the reach of the average Nigerian.

“It had to be so because kerosene became more expensive than cooking gas and since gas was cheaper then, many households opted for cooking gas until conditions made it impossible to continue. “We began the year 2021 on a sound note. Cooking gas was selling for between N300 to N350 per kilogramme but now it’s N650 per kilogramme with the possibility of even increasing before the year ends,” he said.Corroborating, a marketer, Mrs. Latifat Oyewale speaking on the development ascribed the increasing price of cooking gas to increase in foreign exchange and Value Added Tax.

According to him, it does not pay him anymore as he has to be adding extra money each time he goes to fill at the depot.“If I feel my bottle N50,00:00 this month, and sell at that rate, by the time I go back to the depot, I will have to cough out more to fill my bottle and when I tell my customers, some won’t believe me but nevertheless will buy but they won’t come around again to buy from me,” he said.

She revealed that she was considering the next option as what she encountered each time she filled her cooking gas cylinder was eating deep into her budget and exceeding her expectations.

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