Abia, two others rank most expensive states in petrol price in September

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Three states including Abia, Ekiti and Lagos have been reported by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) as the most expensive states to buy petrol in September.

This was according to a report released on Sunday in which the NBS disclosed that the average price for premium motor spirit, also called petrol, in the country was N164.85 in September 2021.

The report showed the prices as Abia (N172.50), Ekiti (N170.62), and Lagos (N167.80).

This figure represents a 2.36 percent increase when compared to the price paid in the same month last year.

However, the NBS noted that the average price for September is a month-on-month decrease by 0.04 percent from the N164.91 in August 20.

The states with the lowest average price for petrol were Ebonyi (N162.27), Ondo (N162.20), and Kano (N160.8)

NBS report also showed that the average price paid by consumers for Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) increased by 0.17 percent month-on-month and by 15.91 percent year-on-year to N254.64 in September 2021 from N254.21 in August 2021.

For states with the highest average price of diesel are Borno (N289.00), Abuja (N280.00), and Cross River/Kogi (N273.75), while states with the lowest average price of diesel were Kebbi (N230.00), Katsina (N225.00) and Zamfara (N216.25).

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