The hike within the costs of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, additionally identified as cooking gas, has pushed many households in Bauchi State to make use of various cooking supplies.
A verify by the Media Talk Africa confirmed that charcoal and firewood are actually returning to city areas.
Residents blamed the Federal Government for the excessive price of cooking gas, which they stated is out of the attain of the frequent man.
Rauf Oyewole, a resident in Gwallameji, stated,”The earlier the federal government addresses the price of cooking gas, the higher for the environment. The impression shall be grievous to each animals and human beings.
“Later on, the same government will have to take foreign loans to fight the effects of climate change.
“This practice is worsening desertification in semi-arid areas like Bauchi State. Most of the residents who are low-income earners are already resulting in the felling of trees. ”
Another resident, Olaide Saheed, described the hike in the price of cooking gas as alarming.
“I’m not the only one affected but all the people around me. It’s a serious and pathetic situation for the common man.
“I mean, this is something we were buying N800 and at a point in time, it went down to N780 and now it’s N1,000.
“Honestly speaking, I have decided to buy a charcoal cooking pot to start using charcoal for all the cooking in my house.
“We are abandoning cooking gas for now until the price goes down again. Thank God I have an electric cooker at home too, anytime there is a power supply, we’ll make use of that,” he stated.
Also, Maria Daniel, a pupil on the Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa University (ATBU) lamented that she had deserted cooking gas.
“I’m just a student, how much is my pocket money? I will be buying gas at 1,000 per kg. I think the government needs to do something as life is unbearable for students here,” she stated.
Media Talk Africa additionally noticed that some gas depots within the Bauchi metropolis have shut down operations as a results of the hike within the price of LPG.
A supervisor of one of many depots who refused to reveal his id advised our reporter that the excessive change price of the greenback is accountable for the hike.
According to him, patronage for the commodity has diminished drastically as residents have discovered different options.
“LPG is imported, and because the change price of the greenback has gone larger, it’s going to have an effect on the price and it’s what we purchase that we promote too,’’ he stated.
