 Now, the recent hike in cooking gas has steered several reactions from logosians who have expressed dissatisfaction and a disturbing hike of the commodity. Now, many are of the opinion that other alternatives are equally expensive. Plus, even these correspondents, Destiny-Momo reports. The National Bureau of Statistics and its liquefied cooking gas and national household Kerosene Price Watch for September 2023 disclosed that the average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of cooking gas increased by 1.81% on a month-on-month basis from 4,115 Naira 0.32 recorded in August 2023 to 4,189.96 Naira in September 2023. Plus, TV News went to town to feel the pulse of the people as well as the seller. The situation here is gloom as residents complain that they are paying through diagnosis to get the commodities which they depend largely on for cooking and business. As they lament the biting effects of the economy, they say the price has gone as high as 1,200 Naira per litre. Last month, I feel like maybe 10,000 plus getting there this morning around 11,000. And it's really, really, really too much because what you budget for from the house before you get to a filling station, that's not what you get. And even with the fire price too, so we want the government to at least help us. Yes, we try and reduce the high price. They can help us to reduce it. It's better like most of us Naira is like cooking. Really affecting and we are not getting any profit because of gas. And I only use gas from Naira. The expert is beyond our expectation. I don't know why they are even doing business, nothing. So they have to do something and subsidize it for us. According to the NBS, the price per litre of kerosene paid by consumers in September was 1,299.03 Naira, indicating an increase of 2.09 percent compared to 1,272.40 Naira recorded in August 2023. In other words, alternatives are also expensive as the same goes for firewood and charcoal. That's the alternative for me because you cannot use firewood inside your house. So it's charcoal stuff we use here. That's charcoal stuff and I don't put money on it. And I only got 90 percent for Naira. Alternative, like you using maybe a cooker, but in the rate or the tariff of the lights, it's not even encouraging. Because by the time you try, how many to feel like maybe a 5,000 Naira recharge card for your meter. And before you know, you just boil a pot of beans or rice before you know it's off. There's no firewood. Even charcoal is too expensive. So there's no alternative. What is the hope for the common man? Is there any hope in sight? A few days ago, at the Senate Committee hearing, President Nigerian Association of Liquified Petroleum Gas, Makatas Oladakbo Olatubosum, had accused the Liquified Petroleum Gas terminal operators of costing the country's high cooking gas costs. However, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas, Jared Bay, guaranteed the upper chamber would wade into the issue. Nigerians await with bated breath as the situation remain unbearable. Destiny Mama, Plus TV News. NEWS OPDATES