Ms Nwafor urged the relevant authorities to take urgent measures to stabilise the prices of cooking gas.
A driver, Anthony Joseph, 46, was on Thursday docked in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for stealing 800 bags of charcoal worth N21 million.
“If gas is cheap, many people in the villages will start to use it,” he said.
Mrs John bemoaned the development, saying the commodity was gradually becoming unaffordable to the common man.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is convening global leaders for a Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa in Pari.
Kwara government says its order banning the production of charcoal in the state still stands.
“But now that its price is beyond my reach, I will revert to firewood which I detest so much.”
The Jigawa government has banned tree felling for firewood and charcoal to protect forest resources and the environment.
Some women in Bwari Area Council of the FCT have complained of the rise in cost of firewood and charcoal, attributing it to the hike in price of cooking gas.
Dealers of coal and firewood are blaming the high rate of insecurity across the country and the rainy season for the increase in prices.
