Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that Lagosians paid the highest average price for petrol in the country, in the month of March 2021, at N200.87 per litre.
Adamawa state residents paid the lowest average price in the month of March at N162.17 per litre.
The NBS also revealed that the National Average price/litre of petrol was N172.68 in March 2021 compared to N145.40 in March 2020 and N166.24 in February 2021.
This was disclosed in a report by the NBS CEO, Dr. Yemi Kale, yesterday.
Recall that the federal government has suspended plans to end its subsidy payments as reports indicate that the FG plans to spend N720 billion for the next 6 months on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) subsidies.
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