The bureau stated this in its Petrol Price Watch for January 2024, released in Abuja on Thursday. It said that the January 2024 price of ₦668.30 represented a 159.92% increase over the price of ₦257.12 recorded in January 2023.
“Comparing the average price value with the previous month of December 2023, the average retail price increased by 0.53% from ₦671.86.
“On state profile analysis, Kebbi paid the highest average retail price of ₦796.67 per litre, followed by Zamfara and Taraba at ₦771.43 and ₦704.11 respectively.
