Unpredictable fuel costs destroying household budgets despite global oil price drops

Consumers face volatile petrol prices that don't correlate with crude oil market changes, making it impossible to budget for transportation and essential goods. Families in developing markets (particularly Nigeria based on source) experience severe cost-of-living crises when fuel prices spike unexpectedly, yet they have no tools to predict, hedge, or plan around these disconnects. Current solutions like fuel price apps only show current prices—they don't explain the gap between crude costs and pump prices or help people adapt spending.