The company said it had reduced its gantry and coastal prices on November 6, well before marketers altered pump rates, adding that linking the market changes to the tariff controversy was “misleading” and “inconsistent with the facts.”
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The Federal Government has however said there was nothing to worry about the tax, which would be imposed on imported products, as it would not be implemented immediately.
Dangote said this at a conference to mark the first anniversary of the launch of petrol from the 650,000 barrels-per-day refinery.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has invested over N720 billion to implement its landmark initiative of deploying 4,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered…
This move followed the Dangote Refinery’s recent reduction of its gantry price from N890 per litre to N825 per litre to its marketers.
A national newspaper, had on Tuesday, November 12, credited NNPC’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, as signalling the end of fuel importation in a report titled: “NNPCL Ends N24tn Fuel Import, Buys from Dangote Refinery.”
The lawmakers arrived at the refinery located in the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos around 11 am on Saturday.
This is coming at the wake of its widely celebrated price reduction to N1,000 barely two weeks ago.
When it commenced operation a few weeks ago, Dangote Petroleum Refinery pegged the price of diesel as N1,200
The Head, Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, confirmed this in a statement he issued.
The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, made this disclosure at an oil and gas summit in Lagos
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who made this declaration during a media tour of the $19 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Plant at Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, said the project would be a game-changer once it comes on stream.
Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Local Content have commended Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals for its strategic implementation of the Nigerian Content Act in the construction of the refinery and fertiliser projects.