The National Bureau of Statistics said the price of National Household Kerosene paid by consumers increased in August to N288.75 from N276.87 recorded in July. The NBS disclosed this in its August 2018 “National Household Kerosene Price Watch” released in Abuja on Friday.

The bureau said the price increased by 4.29 per cent month-on-month and 28.04 per cent year-on-year. Similarly, the bureau said the price paid by consumers for Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) also increased from N204.32 recorded in July to N207.98 in August.

The bureau disclosed this in its August 2018 Automotive Gas Oil (Diesel) Price Watch released in Abuja. It said the price of diesel increased by 1.79 per cent month-on-month and 5.99 per cent year-on-year in the period under review.

Source: The Eagle