The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, to work with gas producers and marketers to increase imports of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, known as cooking gas, in a bid to address supply shortfalls and stabilise prices nationwide.
In a statement issued on Monday by his spokesman, Louis Ibah, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, said marketers had committed to increasing import volumes to complement domestic production, while LPG deliveries from Seplat’s new gas facility are expected to begin in July and boost national supply.
The minister said recent increases in cooking gas prices were driven by foreign exchange volatility, rising logistics costs, infrastructure constraints and fluctuations in international LPG prices. He added that regulatory measures remain in place to ensure LPG designated for the domestic market is not exported.
The government’s response follows National Bureau of Statistics figures showing the average price of a 5-kilogramme cylinder refill rose by 13.73 per cent from ₦7,655.73 in March to ₦8,706.93 in April 2026, while the average cost of refilling a 12.5-kilogramme cylinder increased by 13.89 per cent to ₦22,382.20 over the same period.
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