{"id":51983,"date":"2024-10-14T10:04:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T10:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=51983"},"modified":"2024-10-14T10:04:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T10:04:39","slug":"cooking-gas-prices-soar-to-n1500-kg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/10\/14\/cooking-gas-prices-soar-to-n1500-kg\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking Gas Prices Soar to N1,500\/kg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cost of cooking gas has taken another upward swing, hitting N1,500 per kilogram, leaving many Nigerians scrambling to cope with the increased expense .<\/p>\n<p>This drastic price hike has sparked widespread concern, with experts pointing to a combination of factors contributing to the surge.<\/p>\n<p>The price increase has left many Nigerians reeling, with some resorting to alternative cooking methods like firewood and charcoal .<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has warned that the situation may worsen if not addressed promptly.<\/p>\n<p>According to Olatunbosun Oladapo, President of NALPGAM, &#8220;The situation is very unfortunate because prices are rising and Nigerian consumers are struggling&#8221; . Kelvin Emmanuel, CEO of Diary Hills Limited, notes that the increasing demand for cooking gas, coupled with scarcity and forex volatility, will continue to drive prices up.<\/p>\n<p>As the prices continue to soar, Nigerians are bracing themselves for tougher times ahead. The government&#8217;s intervention is eagerly awaited to mitigate the effects of this price hike and ensure affordable cooking gas for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cost of cooking gas has taken another upward swing, hitting N1,500 per kilogram, leaving many Nigerians scrambling to cope with the increased expense . This drastic price hike has sparked widespread concern, with experts pointing to a combination of factors contributing to the surge. The price increase has left many Nigerians reeling, with some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":51984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51992,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51983\/revisions\/51992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}