Gwamnatin Tarayya ta hana fitowar gas din dafa da dafa (Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG) da ake samarwa a gida, don ba da priotiti ga samar da kayan a cikin gida. Wannan umarni ya bayyana ta hanyar Ministan Jihar Mai na Gas, Ekperikpe Ekpo, a ranar Talata, 22 ga Oktoba, 2024.
An yi sanarwar hana fitowar LPG ta hanyar jawabin da mai magana da yawun ministan, Louis Ibah, ya fitar a Abuja. Ibah ya ce an yanke wannan shawara bayan ministan ya taro da masu ruwa da tsaki a Abuja don magance tsadin farashin gas din dafa da dafa da wahala da ke tattara wa Nijeriya.
Dangane da rahoton *The PUNCH*, farashin gas din dafa da dafa ya tashi daga N700/kg a watan Yuni 2023, lokacin da Shugaba Bola Tinubu ya fara mulki, zuwa N1,500/kg a watan Oktoba 2024. Wannan ya nuna karuwa da kaso 114 cikin watanni 16.
Ministan ya bayyana cewa, daga ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 2024, NNPCL da masu samar da LPG za su daina fitowar LPG da ake samarwa a gida ko kuma kawo kayan da aka fitar a farashi da ke nuna tsada. Haka kuma, NMDPRA za ta taro da masu ruwa da tsaki don kirkiri tsarin farashi na gida cikin kwanaki 90, inda za su nuna farashi kan tsada na samar da kayan a gida maimakon yadda ake yin shi yanzu na nuna farashi kan kasuwannin waje kamar na Amirka da Far East Asia.
A cikin sulhu na dogon lokaci, an ce cikin watanni 12, za a gina kayan aikin hada, ajiya, da bayar da LPG, don kawo ƙarshen fitowar har sai kasuwar ta samu kwarin farashi.
Ministan ya bayyana damuwa game da ci gaban farashin LPG a ƙasar, ya ce umarninsa na nufin magance matsalolin da ke tattara wa Nijeriya da kuma tabbatar da samun gas din dafa da dafa a farashi mai araha.