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The Spokesperson of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Olufemi Soneye, said he is not aware of any fresh Premium Motor Spirit pump price increase across its retail outlets.
Soneye told Newsmen in an exclusive interview on Tuesday.
Soneye comment comes amid speculation that NNPCL had increased fuel pump to from ₦1,030 per litre to ₦1,060 in Abuja.
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However, the state-owned oil firm spokesperson, Soneye, said, “There is no increase in gasoline price that I am aware of.”.
Similarly, the spokesperson of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chinedu Ukadike, said NNPCL’s ex-depot price has not changed.
“For independent marketers, we have experienced a fresh price hike as I am speaking with you. NNPCL still sells to us at the same price.
“For Port Harcourt, it is ₦1040 per litre; Abuja and Lagos are around N990 per litre,” he told on Tuesday.
Earlier, the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said petroleum marketers are ignoring its refinery’s 500 million litres of fuel.
Recall that on 9 October 2024, NNPCL had increased its petrol price to N1030 per litre.
In other news, the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has blamed the current fuel scarcity in the country on retailers.
To buttress his claims, Dangote said over 500 million litres of fuel is stored in his tank farm ready for the market, but the retailers meant to buy and distribute the products are not coming forward to pick it up.
Dangote made the allegations on Tuesday, shortly after key stakeholders in the oil and gas sector met with President Bola Tinubu in a bid to address the lingering fuel scarcity despite a hike in the commodity.
According to Dangote, his refinery has the capacity to produce more than 30 million litres of fuel daily but since he is not in the business of retailing, the products cannot get to Nigerians who need it because the retailers are not coming to pick it.
