A statement on the Facebook page of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) read:
“In preparation for the Dangote Refinery’s scheduled petrol loading on Sunday, September 15, 2024, NNPC Ltd. has been mobilizing trucks to the refinery’s fuel loading gantry in Ibeju-Lekki.
“As of Saturday afternoon, NNPC Ltd. had deployed over 100 trucks, with hundreds more en route.”
On its part, the Dangote group says the pricing of the product will be determined by NNPCL.
A statement from Dangote issued last week read:
NNPC YET TO LIFT OUR PETROL
Our attention has been drawn to a headline “NNPC lifts Dangote Petrol, sells at N897 per litre” published in the BusinessDay Newspapers of Wednesday, 4 September 2024.
We would like to state that NNPC has not commenced lifting of refined Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, from our Dangote Petroleum Refinery.
Therefore, the issue of fixing the price of petrol lifted from our refinery does not arise, as we are yet to finalize our contract with NNPC.
The PMS market is strictly regulated, which is known to all oil marketers and stakeholders in the sector, hence we can not determine, fix, or influence the product price, which falls under the purview of relevant government authorities.
We urge the public to disregard the headline as it is misleading and does not represent the true position in this matter.
We are guaranteeing Nigerians of exceptionally high quality petroleum products that will be readily available all over the country.
Anthony Chiejina
Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer
Study @ Achievers University
