The average price paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene (NHK) fell to N400.01 per litre this week.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price per litre paid by consumers for household kerosene increased to N400.01 in August from N397.34 in July.
A report obtained from the NBS’s website by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, said the kerosene price increased by 0.67 per cent month-on-month and by 15.43 per cent year-on-year in the period under review.

It said that states with the highest average price per litre of kerosene were Enugu, where residents bought the product at N494.05, Ebonyi, N489.17 and Cross River N487.50.
The bureau, however, said that residents in Bayelsa paid the lowest price per litre of kerosene in the period at N255.56, followed by Katsina, N322.92 and Osun, N325.
“Similarly, the average price per gallon paid by consumers for kerosene increased by 1.75 per cent month-on-month and by 8.77 per cent year-on-year to N1,325.39 in August from N1,302.56 in July.
















