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Charcoal sellers are making huge sales in Enugu, as most residents of the city, have virtually dumped their cooking gas cylinders. Cooking gas cylinders The high cost of cooking gas, which currently sells for between N650 and N750 per litre in the Enugu State capital, has forced most families to jettison their cooking gas cylinders, opting for charcoal stoves instead. ...

Some stakeholders in the North-West zone of Nigeria have called for review and strict enforcement of forestry laws to curb unabated plundering of forests for firewood and charcoal. Kano State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Kabiru Getso The stakeholders made their views known during a survey conducted in the zone. Speaking on the issue, Alhaji Ibrahim Gudu, Director of Forestry, Kebbi ...

The high cost of cooking gas has now compelled some residents in the South-South zone in Nigeria to begin using firewood and charcoal for cooking, a survey has revealed. Cooking gas cylinders Investigation shows that 1 kilogramme of gas is now sold for N900 as against N700 while 12.5 kilogrammes is now  N11,250. A resident of Calabar, Mrs Eno Akan, ...

The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers (LPGAR), branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), says over 50 per cent of cooking gas users in rural areas have switched back to firewood and charcoal. Cooking gas cylinders It’s National Chairman, Mr Michael Umudu,said on Friday, October 22, 2021 in Lagos that the decision was based on the continued ...

Some residents of the South East Zone of the country have vowed to resort to firewood and charcoal if prices of cooking gas continue to soar. Cooking gas cylinders The consumers said in separate interviews that they could no longer cope with the situation as it was taking a toll on their lives. They called on the Federal Government to ...

The rise in prices of cooking gas and kerosene is creating a demand for charcoal, whose price is likewise escalating – a development that translates to an increase in the felling of trees, a raw material for charcoal. The negativity in the use of charcoal surmounts the temporal alternative it serves in cooking. Felling of trees for production of charcoal ...