The long walk to solving Nigeria’s oil and gas crisis took a fresh twist on Thursday, when the Vice President of Dangote Industries Limited, Edwin Devakumar accused local petroleum marketers of boycotting Dangote Refinery’s petrol despite offering lower prices.
Edwin speaking during an X space session organised by Nairametric on Thursday said only 3 percent of local petroleum marketers were interested in buying its recently rolled-out petrol.
He stressed that local marketers refused to purchase PMS from the 650,000 barrels per day Lagos-based refinery while having a preference for imported petrol.
His claim struck Nigerians and stakeholders differently in the face of the country’s layers of challenges.
This comes barely weeks after the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote officially announced the rollout of Petrol.
Later, the company announced the September 15, 2024 date for the lifting of PMS.
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