Our trucks ‘ll start loading petrol from Dangote Refinery next week –Marketers
Oil marketers in the country have confirmed that they will start lifting Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), from the refinery in few days.
Oil marketers in the country have confirmed that they will start lifting Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), from the refinery in few days.
As a result of this poor local patronage, the refinery exports most of its diesel and aviation fuel.
“Dangote has not briefed us nor has the committee set up by the Federal Government reverted to us on what had been agreed.
Rewane also predicted that the new price of petrol would increase the number of Nigerian citizens trapped in energy poverty to 168 million in 2025, from 161 million in 2023.
The NNPC, in a statement by its spokesman, Olufemi Soneye, said on Saturday that it would not buy Dangote fuel unless it was cheaper than that of the international market.
The scarcity should ease in the next few days as more stations recalibrate and begin operations.
The refinery idea was conceived 25 years ago to transform the country’s energy landscape and liberate Nigerians from the economic dependence that has been holding the country back.
The refinery battled crude shortage and entered into a brawl with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority, which accused the refinery of producing substandard diesel.
Margaret Oguntala described the facility as “mind-blowing”. She added that the refinery project from construction to employment, gives her hope and assurance that young Nigerian engineers are ready to take up the world.
However, NNPCL’s Vice President (Downstream), Dapo Segun, attributed the shortage to rains, lightning and thunderstorms