Residents of Abia, Kebbi and Kwara states consumed and paid the highest amount for petrol (Premium Motor Spirit) in the country in November.

The National Bureau of Statistics gave this statistics in its "Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch" publication for November and released on its website on Thursday in Abuja.

According to NBS, Abia residents paid N178.70 per litre for the product while Kebbi residents paid N174.76 and Kwara residents N172.33.

It, however, stated that Zamfara paid N161.73, Bauchi – N161.78 and Kaduna – N163.83 per litre being the lowest average prices for the product.

NBS further stated that the average price paid by consumers for petrol increased by 14.62 per cent year-on-year and month-on-month by 3.79 per cent to N167.27 in November from N161.17 in October.

The lowest average price of diesel which is N182.50 was in Kwara, followed by N192.67 in Osun and N196.33 in Nasarawa.

Fieldwork for the report was done by more than 700 NBS staff in all states of the federation supported by supervisors who were monitored by internal and external observers.