{"id":101651,"date":"2023-11-22T15:21:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T14:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/how-petrol-price-increased-within-one-year-nbs"},"modified":"2023-11-22T19:06:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:06:30","slug":"how-petrol-price-increased-within-one-year-nbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/how-petrol-price-increased-within-one-year-nbs","title":{"rendered":"How petrol price increased within one year \u2013 NBS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has said that the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N195.29 in October 2022 to N630.63 in October 2023.<\/p>\n

It made the declaration in its Petrol Price Watch for October 2023 released in Abuja on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

It stated that the October 2023 price of N630.63 represented a 222.92 per cent increase over the price of N195.29 recorded in October 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cComparing the average price value with the previous month of September 2023, the average retail price increased by 0.71 per cent from N626.21.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn state profiles analysis, Zamfara paid the highest average retail price of N659.38 per litre, followed by Gombe and Borno at N658.33 and N657.27, respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cConversely, Lagos, Oyo, and Delta paid the lowest average retail price at N590.95, N592.19 and N599.38 respectively,\u2019\u2019 it stated.<\/p>\n

Analysis by zones showed that the North-East Zone recorded the highest average retail price in October 2023 at N644.16, while the South-West recorded the lowest price at N616.81 per litre.<\/p>\n

The NBS also stated in its Diesel Price Watch Report for October 2023 that the average retail price was N1004.98 per litre.<\/p>\n

It said that the October 2023 price of N801.09 per litre amounted to a 25.45 per cent increase over the N801.09 per litre paid in October 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn a month-on-month basis, the price increased by 12.82 per cent from the N890.80 per litre recorded in September 2023,\u2019\u2019 it added.<\/p>\n

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