Nigeria, Feb. 7 -- The Nigerian government said Tuesday it will implement measures to significantly reduce the price of cooking gas in the country.

Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), disclosed this at a stakeholders' consultative meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.

Over the years, the cost of cooking gas has been on the rise in the country.

In its report titled Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) price watch for December 2023 released last month, the National Bureau of Statistics said the average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of cooking gas increased by 2.79 per cent from N4,828.18 in November to N4,962.87 in December 2023.

On a year-on-year basis, it said this increased by 8.70 per cent from N4,56...