Ado Ekiti residents decry hike in price of cooking gas vanguardnews
Residents of Ado Ekiti, on Friday, decried the recent hike in the price of cooking gas, saying that government should address the development.
He questioned how the price could have move from N3,000 to N7,000 for a 12.5kg cylinder within the spate of a few months, saying that the development had compounded the hardship in Ado Ekiti, as he has now resolved to use firewood and charcoal for cooking.Another resident, Mrs Bunmi Ajisafe, a trader, expressed worry over the continuous increase in the price of cooking gas, noting that the hike had further worsened the economy of her family.
”It is so frustrating that you are not sure of the next price you would meet when you go to the market. I am really worried and surprised, I thought Nigeria is a country with abundance of gas”, she said. Mrs Tope Ogunfowokan, a civil servant, said that Nigerians were yet to recover from the hardship of COVID-19 which crippled many businesses and rendered many people jobless.
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