The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) has risen by about 16.6 per cent at most retail outlets in Lagos and Ogun State following the face-off between the major supplier of the product in the country, Nigerian NLG Limited, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency.
As a result, a 12-kilogramme cylinder of gas, which normally goes for about N3,000 and which sold for between N3,300 and N3,400 on Monday, sold for N3,500 at retail shops on Tuesday.