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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe frustration is palpable online. \u201cGas is becoming a luxury item,\u201d<\/em> one user lamented. Another wrote: \u201cEverything keeps going up except salaries.\u201d<\/em> A Lagos resident tweeted: \u201cWe\u2019ve gone back to charcoal. It\u2019s cheaper, even if it\u2019s unhealthy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chinedu Ukadike of the Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA) said: \u201cIt\u2019s seasonal. During the rainy season, demand rises as households abandon firewood. Supply constraints are adding pressure, but prices will come down naturally as more operators enter the market.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Taofeek Lawal of Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) added: \u201cThere are fewer LPG products in the market to serve a growing customer base. That imbalance is driving prices up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rainoil Managing Director Emmanuel Omuojine explained: \u201cGlobal supply disruptions and shipping costs have raised premiums. Nigeria\u2019s reliance on imports makes us vulnerable.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Economist Bismarck Rewane noted: \u201cNigeria sits on vast gas reserves, yet citizens pay some of the highest cooking gas prices in Africa. Without fixing refining capacity, this crisis will persist.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Environmental groups warned: \u201cFamilies returning to firewood undermines Nigeria\u2019s clean energy goals and worsens indoor air pollution, which already kills thousands yearly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Households and small businesses are struggling to cope. \u201cLast week I bought gas at \u20a61,600\/kg. Now it\u2019s \u20a61,900 and even over \u20a62,000. In May, it was just \u20a61,000. This is too much,\u201d<\/em> said Deborah Akintola, a housewife in Ibadan. \u201cMeals like beans are no longer on our menu. We can\u2019t afford to cook them with gas,\u201d<\/em> said Felicia Ugwueke, a food vendor in Ebonyi. \u201cWe have gone back to using charcoal for most of our cooking because it is what we can afford,\u201d<\/em> said Folake Afolabi, a Lagos resident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Industry experts say relief may come if new operators like Dangote Refinery expand supply, but until then, Nigerians face volatile prices and a retreat from clean energy. The government\u2019s target of moving 100 million Nigerians to gas by 2030 now looks increasingly unrealistic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cooking gas prices in Nigeria have surged to more than \u20a625,000 for a 12.5kg cylinder, forcing many households to abandon clean energy and return to firewood and charcoal. The sharp rise is worsening the cost\u2011of\u2011living crisis, sparking anger across social media and raising fears that the country\u2019s clean energy adoption could collapse. 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