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Many Nigerians paid more for petroleum products, including petrol and household kerosene in August, according to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
The average price paid by consumers for petrol increased by 1.7 percent year-on-year and 0.1 percent month-on-month to N146.90 per litre in August from N146.80 in July.
States with the highest average price of petrol were Borno (N157), Kebbi (N152.94) and Kwara (N152.86), while Ekiti, Katsina and Bauchi recorded the lowest average prices of N144.23, N144.08 and N143.89, respectively.
The average price per litre paid by consumers for kerosene increased by 4.29 percent month-on-month and 28.04 percent year-on-year to N288.75 in August from N276.87 in July, the NBS data showed.
States with the highest average price per litre of kerosene were Abuja (N333.33), Yobe (N332.86), and Enugu (N326.67), while Borno, Abia and Kogi recorded the lowest average prices of N237.61, N237.08 and N233.33, respectively.
The NBS said the average price for the refilling of a 5kg cylinder with Liquefied Petroleum Gas, popularly known as cooking gas, increased by 2.17 percent month-on-month and 3.19 percent year-on-year to N2,054.14 in August from N2,010.45 in July.
According to the NBS, the average price paid by consumers for Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) increased by 1.79 percent month-on-month and 5.99 percent year-on-year to N207.98 in August from to N204.32 in July.
